Stick Fly Stagebill

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STICK FLY

By Lydia R. Diamond Directed by Walter Dallas

Oct 24 - Dec 22

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

STICK FLY

By LYDIA R. DIAMOND

Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

DAVID P. GORDON+

ALISON ROBERTS

Lighting Designer

Original Music and Sound Designer

THOM WEAVER+

ROBERT KAPLOWITZ+

Stage Manager

Assistant Director

JOHN GRASSEY*

DONALD SMITH

Directed by WALTER DALLAS^ October 24 - December 22, 2013 Arcadia Stage

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

Applause, please, for our Media Partner: 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.

Stick Fly is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Stick Fly was developed in part at Chicago Dramatists, originally produced by Congo Square Theatre and subsequently produced by McCarter Theatre Center. A further developmental production directed by Kenny Leon, was produced jointly by Arena Stage and the Huntington Theatre Company. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. + Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

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WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director

It all started three and a half years ago when a special opportunity presented itself: the building a few doors down from us on 2nd Street was for sale. It was spacious, structurally sound, and answered so many of our needs: A home for Arden Drama School and our ever-growing educational programming.

Terrence J. Nolen

An after-school place for teens to call their own under the auspices of Teen Arden.

Scenic studios for our artisans to build and paint the extraordinary sets you see on our stages (complete with running water and bathrooms – lacking from our previously rented space).

A beautiful rehearsal hall in which to rehearse our plays AND a small studio theatre for readings and experimental work.

And so we leapt - a well-reasoned leap of faith, but a leap nonetheless. The economy was troubled; significant resources needed to be raised; the time, energy and expertise of so many would need to be enlisted to make this project a success. But we had faith: in our kids; in the potential for theatre to change lives; in the power of community; and in this city’s future.

Over the past few years, we’ve been planning and designing and fundraising.

Countless hours were invested in making sure that this building met our needs – now and into the future. My sincere thanks to everyone who has come together to make this building happen. The Hamilton Family Arts Center is a testament to your dedication, tenacity, generosity and courage. Thank you.

Now we are beginning to fill this new building with life. This set you see before you was built and painted in the new scenic studio. The actors rehearsed this play in the new rehearsal hall. Kids are in the classrooms and running down the hallways. The Hamilton Family Arts Center is our investment in the future – new plays, new artists, new discoveries. Now (to paraphrase Tony Kushner) the great work has begun.

With this production of Stick Fly, I am thrilled to welcome back Walter Dallas (who directed last season’s A Raisin in the Sun) and to introduce the work of playwright Lydia R. Diamond to our audiences. Throughout our history, we have been drawn to plays that tell the story of the American family by playwrights who include Tracy Letts, Lorraine Hansberry, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, and August Wilson. I’m thrilled to add Lydia to that list and to share the contemporary voice of this important new playwright.

Thank you for joining us. And check out the new Hamilton Family Arts Center.

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Teen Arden

Chioma Dunkley at a Teen Arden event. Photo by Plate 3 Photography.

Teen Arden is an all access program for high school students who love theatre. Launched last year, members of Teen Arden have quickly become a vibrant part of Arden Theatre Company – attending weekly after-school acting classes, working in the Arden’s box office, and even writing and performing their own play as part of this year’s Fringe Festival.

A goal of Teen Arden is to provide these passionate teens – the next generation of artists and audience members – the tools they need to foster a life filled with curiosity, creativity and confidence, whether they choose to pursue a career in the theatre or not. Chioma Dunkley, a member of our inaugural year of Teen Arden, is now a freshman theatre major at the University of Maryland. While Chioma was applying for college, she attended Teen Arden programming to help prepare for her college auditions and applications. She had this to say: “Teen Arden gave me the opportunity to practice my college audition in front of the Arden artistic staff, which I have to say deep down inside I didn’t want to do it because I was crazy nervous! But they really encouraged me and not only was their feedback great, but from that practice audition I got the courage to seek out others to practice my monologue in front of. Let’s just say I got in, and got a scholarship!

I have to say that the most special and beneficial part of Teen Arden for me was the Teen Arden College Panel Night. It was great meeting artists who went to different schools and majored in theatre. It seriously inspired and encouraged me to not minimize myself and really reach for my dreams no matter how high they may be and no matter how young I may be.”

Now in its second year of programming, Teen Arden will continue to provide help with the college application process – a question and answer session with local college admission directors, private audition coaching with our Artistic staff, and and working on their college essays with our grant writer.

Do you have a teen in your life? If so, please share with them this page. They can find out more about upcoming events and workshops by liking TEEN ARDEN on Facebook or by emailing Bryan Kerr, Education Associate, at bkerr@ardentheatre.org.

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Cast of Characters In order of appearance

Taylor ..................................................................................... Jessica Frances Dukes* Kent “Spoon” LeVay................................................................... Biko Eisen-Martin* Cheryl ...................................................................................... Joniece Abbott-Pratt* Flip LeVay .............................................................................................................. U.R.* Joe LeVay ............................................................................... Jerome Preston Bates* Kimber ................................................................................................ Julianna Zinkel*

UNDERSTUDIES:

Danielle Leneé, Donna Recole, Jahzeer Terrell, Everett Yancey

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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

From the PLAYWRIGHT I was working on an intense, difficult play, called Voyeurs de Venus, which was about an enslaved person. I was spending a lot of time in the library, crying over horrendously racist accounts of what black people looked like to the Europeans in the early 1800s, and just sobbing. And I needed to do something fun when I wasn’t losing my mind over that. Stick Fly was going to be my fun play. The themes I wanted to explore had to do with my relationship to white women.

I have all of these very good white friends who are like sisters whom I love, but outside of my circle I still feel a tension. That’s interesting, Lydia R. Diamond because I’m also a feminist, and if I’m going to have visceral negative reactions socially to a person it should be white men, and I found that I bumped heads most often with white women. I wanted to explore that, because it’s a contradiction and a really interesting one. Also, in my personal life there is always this search for father and what that means, and it was very much a part of what the play is exploring – relationships with fathers.

The setting and the story comes out of the characters, so I made the characters first. Then they tell me where they live and what’s happening with them. That’s how Martha’s Vineyard happened. I didn’t say: “I’m going to write a Martha’s Vineyard play.”

This is where they live and these are the things that they were dealing with. Martha’s Vineyard is the perfect place for exploring the intersection of race and class dynamics outside of the black community and within the black community.

There is a way in Stick Fly that the family can’t really sit down without at some point, very organically, having a discussion about how they navigate and exist in a world that is tricky to navigate and exist in as a person of color. That’s the experience I have in any group of African Americans anywhere in America. The way we don’t know how to acknowledge the uncomfortableness and inequalities that are personal and institutional makes the very nature of racism so tricky. The only way that you can deal with it is to have other people to process through it with, and so that becomes very much a part of the world of the family.

Reprinted courtesy of McCarter Theatre.

Who’s Who JONIECE ABBOTT-PRATT (Cheryl) New York Theatre: The Good Negro (Public Theatre), Alondra Was Here (The Wild Project). Regional: A Raisin in the Sun (Palm Beach Dramaworks), Slippery as Sin (Passage Theatre), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Huntington Theatre Company), Gem of the Ocean (Hartford Stage), The Piano Lesson (Yale Rep and Delaware Theatre Company), The Good Negro (Dallas Theatre Center), Mama’s Gonna Buy You (William Inge Theatre Festival), Dirt Rich (NY Summer Stage), Stick Fly and The Overwhelming (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), False Creeds (Alliance Theatre Company), Breath, Boom (Synchronicity Performance Group), and The Doll Play’s (Actor’s Express).

Upcoming: The House that will not Stand (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Yale Repertory).

Joniece would like to thank her family for their love and support.

JEROME PRESTON BATES (Joe LeVay) Broadway: Seven Guitars, Stick Fly. Most recently at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Two Trains Running and The Denver Center in Fences.

Off Broadway: Public Theatre,The Beckett on Theatre Row, Circle Rep, Abingdon, Classical Theatre of Harlem, NEC,127th Street Rep, and Theatre For The New City and New Federal Theatre as Loomis in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Regionally:Yale Rep, Long Wharf Hartford Stage, Center Stage, Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia Theatre Company, People’s Light and Theatre Company, Freedom Theatre, The Alliance, The Goodman Theatre, and The Folger in King Lear. TV: All My Children as Derek Frye, OZ as Travis Smith, Law and Order and SVU, NY Undercover, Lights Out,Third Watch, NYPD Blue, Film Peeples, Tio Papi, Musical Chairs, The Narrows, It Runs In The Family, Rick, The Out of Towners and Shaft 2000. As a writer: Augusta Brown, Electric Lady, Mr. Unemployed, and screenplay Jimi Hendrix. As a Director: staged readings of The August Wilson Cycle, Oedipus Rex, Zora, Easy Money, Seven Guitars.Training: LAMDA UK, New School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville College, HB Studios, Lee Strasberg Institute, Gene Frankel Studio, Clay Stevenson at New Federal, Weist Barron. Thank you Arden and Walter Dallas. I’m honored to be back in Philly.

JESSICA FRANCES DUKES (Taylor) Regional Theatre: Centerstage: The Raisin Cycle- Beneatha’s Place, and Clybourne Park; Geva Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun, The Piano Lesson; Indiana Repertory Theatre: The Piano Lesson; Pitsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre: In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play; Cleveland Playhouse: Trip To Bountiful; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Bootycandy, In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Full Circle, Eclipsed, Fever/Dream, Antebellum, and Starving; Horizon Theatre: The Bluest Eye; Folger Theatre: The Conference of The Birds; Studio Theatre: Passing Strange, Caroline, or Change; Round House Theatre: Trip To Bountiful, Permanent Collection; Ford’s Theatre: Jitney; The Lincoln Theatre: Sanctified, a Gospel Musical; Theatre J: In Darfur; The Kennedy Center: The Amazing Adventures of Dr.Wonderful, Unleashed:The Secret Lives of White House Pets, Izzy Iccarus Fell Off the World; African Continuum Theatre: Spunk (Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress); Theater Alliance: The Bluest Eye, Insurrection: Holding History; and Washington Stage Guild: Fanny’s First Play. Ms. Dukes is a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and earned her MFA from The Catholic University of America. For info on upcoming events visit www. jessicafrancesdukes.com BIKO EISEN-MARTIN (Kent “Spoon” LeVay) Regional Theatre: The Whipping Man (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Gulfshore Playhouse); Top Dog/Underdog (Marin Theatre Company); Rage is Back(Berkeley Rep.); Brother Size, Love’s Labours Lost,Three Sisters (Chautauqua Theatre Company); Ruined,The Liar,To Kill a Mockingbird, Christmas Carol,Taming of the Shrew (Denver Center Theatre Company); King Lear, Our Town,Taming of the Shrew (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Radio Golf (TheatreWorks); Fuku Americanus (Intersection for the Arts). Film: Poetic License. Education: MFA, National Theatre Conservatory; BA/MAT-Brown University.

Who’s Who U.R. (Flip LeVay) last seen as Walter Lee in the Arden’s production of A Raisin in the Sun, Winston in The Island at Lantern Theater Company, the General in Ruined at Philadelphia Theatre Company, Blue Door and The Piano Lesson at the Arden, amongst several other characters at several other theaters in several other places. Baconion characters include Macduff, Othello, Puck, Don Jon, Oberon, Coriolanus, Mercutio, amongst others. T.V: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order. Next up, Brutus in Julius Caesar at the Lantern Theater Company.

JULIANNA ZINKEL (Kimber) was last seen at the Arden in Rabbit Hole, and is so happy to be back! Off-Broadway/NYC: Three Men on a Horse (The Actors Company Theatre NYC), The Lover (Roadworks Productions NYC). Regional: Barcelona, The Trip To Bountiful, The Miser, The Crucible, Tale of Two Cities (People’s Light and Theatre); Rabbit Hole, As You Like it, Crime and Punishment, Go Dog Go! (Arden); Blackbird (Theatre Exile), Big Love, Wintertime (Wilma Theater); The Eclectic Society (Walnut Street); From Prague (Contemporary American Theatre Festival); Love and Communication (Passage Theatre). She is a proud member of People’s Light and Theatre Acting Company and a proud mother of Zoe Louise. Thanks to the Arden, this amazing company of artists, and DD. LYDIA R. DIAMOND’s (Playwright) plays include Smart People, Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye, The Gift Horse, Harriet Jacobs and Stage Black. Producing theaters include Arena Stage, Cort Theatre (Broadway), Chicago Dramatists, Company One, Congo Square, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Jubilee Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Mo’Olelo, MPAACT, New Vic, Playmakers Rep, Plowshares, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and True Colors. Commissions include Steppenwolf (4), McCarter, Huntington, Victory Gardens and The Roundabout. Lydia was a 2005/06 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Non-Resident Fellow, a 2007 TCG/NEA Playwright in Residence at Steppenwolf, a 2006/07 Huntington Playwright Fellow and a 2012 Sundance Institute Playwright Lab Creative Advisor. She is Co-Vice President of the TCG Board of Directors, a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, a 2012 Sallie B. Goodman McCarter Fellow and a 2012/2013 Radcliffe Institute Fellow. Lydia has an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Pine Manor College.

WALTER DALLAS (Director), who has directed at major regional theatres, on and Off-Broadway, and abroad, is pleased to return to Arden Theatre where he directed The Piano Lesson and A Raisin in the Sun. Also a professional photographer, his work was presented in a two-month solo exhibition at Arden Theatre Company, and can be seen in the Online Gallery of National Geographic magazine. Dallas made his opera directorial debut with a record-breaking Porgy and Bess for the Opera Company of Philadelphia. His own gospel opera, Lazarus, Unstoned, had its world premiere to popular and critical acclaim at New Freedom Theatre. His world premiere production of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, starring Viola Davis and Jerome Preson Bates at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, was named one of the Top Ten Productions of the Year by Time magazine.

Other accolades include Creative Genius Awards, an NAACP Image Award nomination, Atlanta’s “Walter Dallas Day,” a 2010 Barrymore nomination for Best Direction for Blue Door at the Arden, and a 2011 Helen Hayes Recommendation for Blues for An Alabama Sky at African Continuum Theatre in Washington, DC. Dallas created and was the first Director of the School of Theatre at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts and, following legendary John Allen, Jr., was the second Artistic Director of New Freedom Theatre. For the past 5 years, Dallas has served as Senior Artist-in-Residence in the University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. Dallas studied music and theology at Harvard University and is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Yale School of Drama. Special thanks to my international UMD Stick Fly Team: Moriamo Akibu, Chris Ayy Lane,Vaughn Midder, Sarah Nowak, Tendo Nsubuga, Sisi Reid, and David Kadhri Samuel. Extra special thanks to Barbara Silzle, Executive Director at Dress for Success Philadelphia, for 30 years of encouragement, support, laughter, and friendship.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) This production marks David’s 30th design for the Arden. Having designed over 300 productions for theatre and opera, his work has also been seen in Philadelphia at

Who’s Who the Wilma, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Walnut Street, and many others. Other recent credits include designs in NY for The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Co., Juilliard Opera and Lincoln Center, as well as regionally for Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Williamstown, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Huntington, Chicago Shakespeare, McCarter, LA Opera, Kennedy Center, Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Berkshire and Sarasota Operas. He has received five Barrymore Awards and 13 nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design, as well as IRNE and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations, and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award. David is a professor of Set Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) is starting her fourteenth season as Arden’s Costume Supervisor. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University and an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Illinois State University. In addition to her staff position, she has designed costumes for numerous Arden productions including last season’s A Raisin in the Sun.You can also see her freelance design work with Theatre Exile, Delaware Theatre Company, and InterAct Theatre later this year.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 11 productions. Philadelphia: Wilma, People’s Light & Theatre, Lantern, Walnut, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis, New Paradise, Exile, 1812, PSF, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is Artistic Director. Other credits: Milwaukee Rep, Shakespeare Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, CENTERSTAGE, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Signature, Lincoln Center Festival Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public, and Yale Rep among others. 2 Barrymores, 14-time nominee, 3-time Helen Hayes nominee, and the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

ROBERT KAPLOWITZ (Original Music and Sound Designer) designed Blue Door and A Raisin in the Sun here for Mr. Dallas; other Arden credits include Superior Donuts and The Flea and the Professor. He’s worked locally with The Wilma, Interact, Walnut Street, People’s Light and Theatre Company, Elastic, Lucidity Suitcase and Philadelphia Theatre Company. Further flung credits include Lincoln Center, The National Theatre of England, The Public, MTC and Sundance. Robert’s been honored with an OBIE for Sustained Excellence and a Tony for Fela! and loves his family more than any work he’s ever done.

DONALD SMITH (Assistant Director) Director/Producer/Writer from Philadelphia. (Temple U, BA, Theater, 07). Former Drama Instructor at Edison High. Current: Arden Drama School Coordinator. Directing: Homebound, For Colored Girls..., For Black Boys..., The Outsiders, Catholic School Girls, Mojo, Euripides’ Medea and others. Awards: Gladys Gordon Memorial for Theater Excellence; Academic Research Papers Competition: Black Arts Movement, 1st Place. He recently produced Teen Arden’s Pride and Prejudice:The Jazz Age for the 2013 Philly Live Arts Fringe. Thanks family, staff, cast and crew!

JOHN GRASSEY (Stage Manager) is excited to be back for his third season with the Arden. Other Arden credits include: A Little Night Music, Pinocchio, Endgame, Freud’s Last Session, Tulipomania, and August: Osage County. In addition to the Arden, he has recently worked at the Berkshire Theatre Group, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Walnut Street Theatre. John is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. Many thanks to his family and friends for all of their support. Love to Brielle. Proud member of AEA. TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County; Death of a Salesman; The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Next to Normal; Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Violet; and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 24 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 Terrence J. 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 serves on the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Theatre Philadelphia. She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council, Theatre Communications Group and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

She has also served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. 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 great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase and The Writers’ Room, a new play residency program made possible by the Independence Foundation’s New Works Initiative and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign languageinterpreted, 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, 58 awards and 276 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon

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Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above) Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III CHG Charitable Trust Otto Haas Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation^^ Ann Marie and Terry Horner^^ Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C. Haas Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Robert M. Dever Marie and Joseph Field Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation^^ Josephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica and Philip Rosenthal Lee and Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein Ted and Stevie Wolf Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Sally and Michael Bailin Carol and Tom Beam John Bitman^ Lois G. Brodsky Bob and Nancy Elfant Susan and John Coleman Anne M. Congdon Stephen J. Falchek and John A. Offidani, III Ellen and Tim Foster^ Sandi Foxx-Jones David and Christina Fryman* Linda and David Glickstein Joel Greenberg and Marcy Gringlas Eileen Heisman and Martin Tuzman+ Drs. Paula and Thomas J. Humphries Leslie and Barbara Kaplan D. Scott** and Carol Kelley Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama^^ Peggy and Steve Morgan Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Keith and Jim Straw June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Ellen Yin+

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Caroline Kemmerer Holly Kinser Eve and Kenneth Klothen Sandra and Peter Klugman Sharon and Joel Koppelman Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Tina Manco Jean Markovitz Jackie and David Massari Lee Marks and Lisl Zach Barbara and Don Matheson John and Amy McCawley* Andrea Mengel and George A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias Suzanne and Ron Naples Jerome Napson, in honor of Annie Richardson Terrence J. Nolen and Amy L. Murphy Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Dorothy R. Novick and Peter N. Kenney Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Ann and Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Mary-Ann and Kurt Reiss Cintra and Franklyn Rodgers Phyllis and Martin Rosenthal Mike Salmanson, Tobi Zemsky and Noah Salmanson Dolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie Beechman Karen and Robert Sharrar Laura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob Elfant Hether, Don and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Russ Troyer and Anne Cook Patricia and Thomas Vernon^ Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Hope Yursa Michael Zuckerman and Jan Levine, in memory of Jonathan Levine **denotes deceased supporters * denotes gifts made through the United Way +denotes gifts of services or goods ^^in support of Arden for All ^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 Winterrowd, Development Director at 215-922-8900 x25 or awinterrowd@ardentheatre.org.

40% of our income comes from donations from patrons like you.

Without your support we couldn’t tell the whole story.

To make a gift,

please call Angela DuRoss Winterrowd, Development Director at 215.922.8900 x25 or go online: ardentheatre.org/support/

Thank You to our Supporters $500-$999 Anonymous Temmy Acton Barry Brenner and Dorothy Tomassini Ruth E. Brown Cheryl and Bob Carfagno Joseph T. Casey^ Drs. Karen and Fred Clark Barbara R. Cobb Sheila Bell Kathy Nolen and Bill Edwards* Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-Brateman^ Carole M. Foley* Dan Gannon Brian Hanna David Kagan and Beth Medoway Kagan Marge and Philip Kalodner Barbara and Jerry Kaplan Margie and Scott Kasner Mary and Dean Kline Bernadette Koller^ Mary Ellen Krober Beth and Bill Landman Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker David Lerman Pat and Jim Lobb Sally and Frank Mallory Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Sue and David Maynard Ellen and Michael Mulroney Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Betsy and Graham Robb, in honor of Lee van de Velde Jane Scaccetti Antoinette Farrar Seymour

Jeremy Siegel and Ellen Schwartz Barbara and Mike Soroker Anne Speyer Emily and Harold Starr Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso Matthew White*

$250-$499 Anonymous Carol and Bennett Aaron Howard Aaronson Dr. Ron Abrams Grant Abramson and Miriam Muscarols, in honor of Christian Evans^ Joyce and Ron Bayer Eileen and Richard Bazelon Alice and James Bazlen Ellen Baxter^ Flora Becker Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Joan and Richard Behr In memory of Joan D. Zeidner Nancy and Jay Berkowitz Linda and Alden Blyth Michael P. Boyle Marlin G. Brown* Chip Capelli Caroline Castagno Sara and Michael Chernoff John Chester and Whitney Quesenbery Nelly and Scott Childress Paul Coff and Susan Odessey Margie and Marc Cohen

Dr. Marie A. Conn Ray Costello James Crawford and Judith Dean Melanie Davis Nancy Davis George Koch and Santo DiDonato Tika and Issac Djerassi Kevin Doerr and Kate Kidder Michael Dotsey Beverly Dotter Jane and Wally Evans Anne Ewers Judith and Paul Farber James Feeney and Cynthia Heininger Samuel and Helene Feinberg Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Larry S. Friedman Paula Fuchsberg^ Steve Fukuchi and Laura Offutt In memory of Bob Gallagher Charles Gear Greg Gephart Bob and Jan Goren Rose Hagan Dona and Curt Haltiwanger Mary C. Harbison Charles W. Head, Jr. Heidi Hertfelder^ Carolyn amd Jim Hessinger Terry Hirshorn Dick Hoffman and Susan Kellogg Michelle Hong Glenna Huls BJ Jones and Candace Corr Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kahn Phyllis Kauffman Patricia and Steven King*

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

Anonymous Peggy Anderson Stanley D. Baurys Jane Berryman Louis Bluver Ellis K. Ginsberg

Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom James and Suzanne Hill Mary Ellen Krober William A. Loeb Madeline Portnoy Dr. Harry Rosenthal 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 Winterrowd, Development Director at 215-922-8900 ext. 25.

Thank You to our Supporters $250 to $499 continued Andrew Kite and Karl Martin Edith Klausner Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Kenneth D. Kopple Ruth and Peter Laibson Kathryn Lee Charles L. Hillis, Jr. and Sylvia Lee Deborah and David Lesher Ruth Lesser Helene Levine Warren and Arline Lieberman Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Mrs. Grace Madeira George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Alan and Susan Miller Madeline Miller Ken Neeld and Linda Traver-Neeld Kathleen Nelson Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Brenda J. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O’Neill Barbara and Don Parman Michael L. and Judy Paul Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Vincent and Carmen Pezzullo Dan Promislo Mary Jo Reilly Teresa Reyes and John Hogenesch Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill Dulcie Romm Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Marilyn Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie* Kim and Ross Schmucki Harold and Sharon Schwalm^ Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer^ Joseph and Louise Shaffer^ James Akerberg and Larry Simmons William and Mary Simpson James L. Smith Roy and Corinne Stahl Paul L. Stone Stephen Thompson Dennis Updegrove^ Hella and Lew Volgenau Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling Marlene Weinberg Fred and Arleen Weinstein Judy and Julian Weinstein Wendy and Larry White Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock Askold Zagars and Marie Feehan Joseph and Renee Zuritsky

$125-$249 Anonymous Janet and Roger Alwang Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews

Jennifer and Stephen Arms Lisa and Joseph Becker Bill Beckett and Jo White Bikki Bevelhymer-Chiang Doris and Aaron Bitman Thomas H. Blackburn Janice and Roger Boe Allen Bonner Mary Pat and Thomas Boyle J. Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Eadie and Allan Brooks Laurie Brown Ann and David Brownlee Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Michael P. Buckley Jeannine D. Burky and David Webber Robert J. Butera Annemarie Clarke and David Buch Howard Cohen Helene and Steve Cohen Janet Cook John Cooke Zoe Coulson Billie Coyne Mary Ann Dailey and Jacob Dailey Ellen Deacon and Ernest Cuff Ron and Susan Dell’osso Stephanie Deviney Daniel Devlin In Honor of Marjorie Dickey Larry and Pat Dixon Ms. Diana Donaldson Colleen Donofrio Ellen and Max Dooneief Joan Earley Marcia Eisenberg William and Anne Ewing Shannon and Edward Farmer Maureen Feeny-Byrnes Mark and Rene Feitelson Bill Fisher Lana and Ralph Fishkin In memory of Dr. Morris Fiterman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank Jim and Fran Frazer Miriam Galster Buzz and Linda Gamble Helen and Aaron Gelstine Stan Gibell David K. Gifford Richard and Rita Goldberg Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Virginia A. Gormley Anna and Kenneth Gottschaldt Judy and John Gould Diane Graboyes Lisbeth Grossman Miriam and Saul Grossmann Richard Grossman and Lisa Linder^ Nancy and Richard Grove Susan and Adam Guttentag Stephen and Ona Hamilton

Mary and William Hangley Adrienne and Eric Hart Linda Hartnett and Richard Willis Gail Hauptfuhrer Barbara and Bob Hauptfuhrer Ron Herman Barbara and Richard Hirsh Timothy and Carol Johnson Sandra R. Karlson Gregory Kleiber Joanne and Alexander Klein Charles and Patricia Kling Steven Knepper David Ladov Bob and Mary Lawler Ellen Le Richard Lee Lorraine and the late Richard Leff Stewart R. Leftow Alan and Susan Levin Craig and Stephanie Lewis Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Jane Kampt and Thomas Lloyd Will and Sandy Lock Lynn and Joe Manko Ted and Ronnie Mann Ronnie and Larry Margel Mary Louise and Gerald Martin Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell John McCormick and Ken Schmitt^ Cheryl Meyer Marianne T. Miller Paul and Lee S. Miller Carmen Mucci and Lois Marianni Theodore and Theresa Munz, Jr. Kenneth and Susan Myers Bonnie and Eliot Nierman Etta and Chuck Nissman Timothy O’Malley Hugh C. and Susan O’Neill Larry Pace Mr. Richard Pariseau John and Judith Peakes Andrew Perch Lisa Truckess Sandy and Sid Portnoy Ilene Poses Jennifer E. Potts John and Margaret Preg Karen and David Pressel Sherri and Abe Reich Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Leslie Rescorla David and Diane Richman Mark and Sharon Robb Francoise and Louis Rollmann^ Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosen Bernie and Camille Rosenberg Faye and Daniel Ross Alan Rothenberg and Enid Krasner Joan and Robert Ludwig Peter Ryker

Thank You to our Supporters $125 to $249 continued Joan and Bill Saidel Eric Sbar Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Lucille Schlack Stanley Schreiner Adeline R. Schultz A. Paul Shallers Elaine L. Sherman Catharine Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Bob and Harriet Singer Ronnie and Kathy Sink Shirley Sivitz Leslie E. Skilton Larry Smoose and Linda Lee Ruth and Rick Snyderman Margaret R. Spencer Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Kate Stockton Ruth P. and Norman Stuessy Christina C. Tate Sharon Tomlinson Harold and Judith Torrance John Urofsky Helene and William Vanhoeven Emily and Charles Wagner Debbie and Tom Walker Tom and Beth Warms Vivian Weinblatt Elizabeth Weinreb Constance West Mr. Mendel’s 4th Grade Class at WES Theresa Williams James Wilson Michael Winterrowd and Angela DuRoss Winterrowd The Wisnewski Family Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Barbara C. Wright Sam and Kuna Yankell Tom and Jackie Zemaitis

$75-$124 Anonymous Lawrence Abramson Jane and David Acton Emily Aiken Nan Alderson Samuel Allingham Janet Andereck Rita Axelrod Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Sally and Morris Barron Lynda and Murray Battleman Robert Bauer Rev. Judith T. Beck Julie Becker Linda Berman Jane Biberman Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank

Jocelyn Block Marcia Bower Carrie and John Boxer* Frank Boyer Jeanne and Arnold Brenman Charles Brennan Judith Broudy Charlotte E. Cady Anonymous William and Lillian Cassel Alice A. Chittenden Mary Chomitz Sandra Choukroun Sandra and Saul Clair Sharyn F. Clauson Edwin G. Close, II Rhoda M. and Michael Coben Jennifer and Daniel Coffey Barbara E. Cohen Rabbi and Mrs. Henry Cohen Josh and Leo Cohen Judith Cohen Sue Cohen Suzanne and Norman Cohn Kelly McBride James and Sandra Corry Tina and Lee Cowen Charles J. Coyle Karen Cuzzolino Cynthia D’Ambrosio F. Mitchell Dana Barbara Daneluzzi Joseph and Helen D’Angelo Bonnie and Robert DeAngelo Nancy DeLucia Rita and Grace Denbo Carole and Marc Dichter Ray Doyle Beverly Dubin Louisa Dubin Donald and Geraldine Duclow John Dulik and Sandra Folzer John and Lois S. Durso Patricia Eames Nina and Daniel Edelman Leah Chaplin and Eileen Gildea Linda V. Ellsworth Scott Engel, in honor of Miles Dean Elfant-Wong Debbie and Jerry Epstein Brynn Evans Gerald Faich Family Bible Fellowship Fred and Cindy Farlino Sylvia Beck and Jay Federman Marcia Feinstein Charlotte and Mickey Feldman Ruth and Andre Ferber Annette and Nathan Field Nancy and John Fischer Deborah and Martin Fishbein Carol Fixman Mark A. Focht Larry and Maureen Mullin Fowler

Ms. Judy Frank Ellen and David Freeman Donald M. Friedman Rob Garfield and Sandra Whipple George and Pooh Gephart T. Gilmore Peggy Glover Joan Gmitter Kathleen and Paul Goldenberg Leigh Goldenberg and Aaron Bauman Irvin Goldstein Ann and Larry Green Robin Greene Richard Greenstein Priscilla Grosick Marsha and Paul Siegel Marsha Gross Trudy and Paul Gutterman Doris and Jack Guttentag Ann and Glenn Haig Anne Halkedis Dr. and Mrs. James J. Haney, III Shelley Harris Palmer and Judy Hartl Virginia Hedden Angela and Michael Hennessey Colin Hennessy Ruth Herd Susan W. Herron Betsy and Ted Hershberg Tom and Wendy Hibberd Terry Hirshorn Donna and Bill Hower Michael J. Hozik and Margaret L. Rea Lynda and Paul Hummer Kerry Huntsman Thomas K. Hurster Judith Hyman Donald and Mary Kane Ira and Linda Katz Lucy Kaufman Robert and Ellen Kavash Margaret Keller Lorraine and David Kilmer Cheryl and John Kirby Brian and Caren Kirschner Christina and Harold Klein David Klein Ken, Eva and Aaron Klein Maris and Harold Kobb Thomas Kohn Ellen Kopeland Marlis Kraft-Zemel and Martha Platt Barry and Janet Kushner Marilyn Kutler Joyce Laskin Robert Lazar Lisa Lee Michael Leeds Kathryn Lemmon Bob and Lynn Levitt

Thank You to our Supporters $75 to $124 continued Natalie Levkovich Norman and Sylvia Lieberman Karen Lisker Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Robert Lynam Patricia Lyons Donald and Nancy Maclay Mickey and Larry Magid Milton and Renee Margulies Mary and Jack Markov Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Alice McCreary Faith and Arthur McDowell Robin McEntire and Judy Schatz Helen and Tom McNutt Mark Mendenhall Sally Mercer Linda Merrylees Jane Riede Meyerhoff Shirley G. and Mitchell Miller Handsel and Karen Minyard Jeff and Maxine Morgan Robert Morris Laurel and David Mosteller Claire Moyer Kathleen J. Moyer, Ph.D. Joan Nerenberg Roger Noone and Mary Ivy, in honor of Ivy Bayard Carol L. O’Brien Dori O’Dea Edward Ohlbaum Linda Osler Stanton S. Oswald Lynn, Andrew, Jared and Orli Ozer Maureen Parris Helen Phillips Donald and Carol Plank Jeff and Elizabeth Podraza David and Amy Pollack Paul Polsky Janet Poth Anne and John Poulin

Shirley Preston Linda Quam Rachel Reynolds Alyssa and Michael Rickels Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell John and Claire Rodgers Geraldine Rogers Judith Ron, In honor of Eileen Heisman and Marty Tuzman Robert Roseman Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg Enid Rosenblatt J. Randall Rosensteel Dr. Harry Rosenthal Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Jessica and Dan Sabourin Ruth and Marvin Sachs Alexandra Samuels Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt Dolly and Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie Beechman Carl W. and Mary Ellen Schneider Deborah Schultz William Schultz and Patricia Miller, in honor of Jeanne Fisher Carleton Schwager Robert and Karen Serenbetz Kathleen and Richard Sexton Marie and James P. Shew Janice and Thomas Showler Neil and Cheryl Shusterman Judith Skillings David and Carleene Slowik Hester Sonder Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Arthur P. Staddon Daniel Steiker James Steiker and Wendy Epstein Leon and Marcia Steinberg Ruth and David Steinman Michael and Marianna Sullivan Christine Susser

Sally Switzer Nina Tafel Cecilia Tannenbaum Richard N. Taxin MD Joseph Terry William and Joan Thomas Carolyn Thompson Linda and Keith Thomson Lorraine Toji Marian Tracey William and Mary Tsiouris In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walther Thomas Watkins Jenny and Bill Webb Oscar Weber Donna and Andrew Wechsler Shelly and Fred Weiner Joyce Weiner and Albert Tedesco Barbara and Richard Weiss Marvin and Betty Weiss Ann Wilkerson Andrew Wojtek Carol and Jeff Yetter Roger and Lillian Youman William Zeidner* Michele Zeldner and Ian Wachstein ** denotes deceased supporter * denotes gift made through the United Way + denotes gift of goods or services ^ includes a matching gift This list represents gifts made between July 1, 2012 and October 1, 2013. 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.

Board and Committee Members 2013/14 Board of Directors Brian Abernathy, President Nancy Burd, Vice President Holly Kinser, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Rhonda Ball Joy L. De JesĂşs Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant Jeanne Fisher Ellen P. Foster David Fryman Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall N. Peter Hamilton Joanne Harmelin Eileen Heisman Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Richard L. Maimon Dr. Saifuddin T. Mama John J. McCawley Andrea Mengel Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin

The Cornerstone Society Frederick W. Anton, III Gerard J. Conway, Sr. Carole Haas Gravagno Aaron Posner Board Executive Committee Brian Abernathy, chair Nancy Burd Michael A. Donato Ellen P. Foster Ronna F. Hall N. Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser Board Development Committee Ellen P. Foster, chair Brian Abernathy Michael Donato Peter Hamilton Ronna F. Hall Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam

Engagement Committee Nancy Elfant, co-chair Lee van de Velde, co-chair Rhonda Ball Nancy Burd Robert Elfant Jeanne Fisher Elizabeth Gemmill Darrel German Ronna Hall Joanne Harmelin Eileen Heisman Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Mike Green James Kronzer Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de Velde Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen P. Foster Elizabeth H. Gemmel Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Ellen P. Foster Elizabeth H. Gemmill Albert M. Greenfield, III Charles H. Rose Special Events Task Force Ronna F. Hall, chair Nancy Burd Nancy Elfant Ellen P. Foster Susan Jacobson Diane Dalto Woosnam

Strategic Planning Committee Joy De JesĂşs, chair Ellen P. Foster David Fryman Andrea Mengel Ellen Yin Capital Campaign Steering Committee Lee van de Velde, co-chair N. Peter Hamilton, co-chair Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Michael Donato Ellen Foster Joy L. De Jesus Nancy Hirsig Holly Kinser The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Teen Council EvaFae Rodriguez Taylor Rouillard Sydney Chin Aubrey McKinney Liyah Marie Desher Armida Flores Eli Russell Alicia Easterday Alex Dittmar Mini Racker Max Amar-Olkus Jimmy Roundtree Marielle Issa Jake DeWerth-Jaffe Jamara Griffin Maria Bangura Olivia Charendoff Gia Genovese Andrew Goren Allison Berman Margaret Bowerman Peter Brown Gabbi Hanes Abby Perlman Sarah Whelan

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THE HAMILTON FAMILY ARTS CENTER: a campaign for education and innovation $1,000,000 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Honorable Tom Corbett, Governor Dorrance H. Hamilton and the Hamilton Family Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran $100,000 to $500,000 The 1976 Foundation Virginia Brown Martin Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Connelly Foundation Harmelin Media Nancy and Alan Hirsig Independence Foundation June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Smith Family Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C. Haas $50,000 to $99,999 The Arcadia Foundation Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as recommended by Linda and David Glickstein Elizabeth H. Gemmill The Kresge Foundation Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama The Victory Foundation

Don and Barbara Matheson Andrea Mengel and George Ritter Peggy and Steve Morgan Dorothy R. Novick and Peter N. Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren The Zeldin Family Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland Bethany Asplundh Sally and Michael Bailin Ivy Bayard John Bitman Jean G. Bodine Nancy Burd and Mel Nasielski Anne M. Congdon and Don LaRossa Ronna and Bob Hall Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Eileen Heisman and Martin Tuzman Michael and Ellen Mulroney Harvey B. Swedloff Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam

$15,000 to $49,999 John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Lois G. Brodsky The CHG Charitable Trust Nancy and Bob Elfant Shannon and Ted Farmer Ellen and Tim Foster Christina and David Fryman Ellis K. Ginsberg Alta and N. Peter Hamilton William A. Loeb The McLean Contributionship Amy L. Murphy and Terrence J. Nolen Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Charles and Dr. Mindy Goldberg Rose Lee and Christopher van de Velde

$2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous Arden Professional Apprentice Alumni Aqua Charitable Trust Jessica Calter and Michael Fenton James R. Fairburn Emma Harmelin, Finn Peveto, Becket Peveto, Harper Peveto Jane and Steve Heumann Caroline R. Kemmerer James Kronzer Ruth and Peter Laibson Lee Marks and Lisl Zach Bob Moul Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Rittenhouse Square Flower Market for Children’s Charities Laura and Ron Siena Kathleen A. Stephenson Duncan, Calum and Anne Urquhart

$10,000 to $14,999 Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III Mimi Calter and Phil Eager Joy De JesĂşs and Jamie Reynolds Michael A. Donato Shafiq K. Ebrahim Jeanne B. Fisher Family Glatfelter Family Foundation Barbara and Leslie Kaplan The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Susan G. Jacobson and Michael Golden Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Holly Kinser

$1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous Sophia Abigail and Talia Bennet Chloe Lynne Ball Sheryl and Allen Bar Tom and Carol Beam Sandy and Mickey Bernstein Benjamin and Libby Blank Lou Bluver Michael Buckley Tom Burke and Rick Fountas Carol and Bruce Caswell In memory of Garen Andrew Close Helene and Steve Cohen

In grateful recognition to those whose generous support made this possible Walter C. Evans and Associates, Inc. Nancy and John Fischer Sandi Foxx-Jones Krissy Fraelich and Nick Hunchak George and Pooh Gephart, Jr. Dr. Anna C. Giacalone and Kenneth E. Gottschaldt Genvieve Goldstein and Clete Shields Michael Hollinger and Megan Bellwoar Kenneth and Elaine Kirby Winnie and Eric Lien Ansel and Lupine Richard Maimon and Susan Segal The Mullin Family, in memory of Diane Dawson Mullin Nina Patel Amy and David Pollack Joel and Bobbie Porter Karen and David Pressel Dolly Beechman Schnall in memory of Laurie Beechman Schultz and Williams In memory of Robert R. and Kathleen K. Sine Carleene and David Slowik Anne Speyer Kathleen A. Stephenson Stewart Family Joyce Ann Swoyer Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein M. Jane Williams Carol and Jeff Yetter $500 to $999 George Ahern Bob Dever Richard R. and Gladys Happy Fernandez Paula Fuchsberg Charles Gear Alice Reyes and David Glancey Lawrence and Susan Goren, MD Jessica Hamilton In Honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton Betsy Oliphant Ann Pinto McCarney John and Claire Rodgers Mike Salmanson and Toby Zemsky Sharon and Hal Schwalm

Brian Seaman Dick and Amanda Smoot Adelaide Sugarman and Marsh Greenberg Joe and Renee Zuritsky $250 to $499 Anonymous (3) Jon and Ella Edwards Taylor and Pam Fernley David and Mary Jane Hackney John Hogenesch and Teresa Reyes John and Martha Lubell Andrea Missias and Robert Manning Ben, Courtney and Charley Martin Clifford H. and Ellen B. Pemberton John and Lisa Pitney Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Erin Read Dulcie P. Romm Jane Scaccetti Bobbie and Al Schmidt Paul Stone Barbara Watson Angela DuRoss Winterrowd and Michael Winterrowd $100 to $249 Anonymous (2) Ronald Baron Barbara A. Bell Ruth and James Bock Sandra J. and Jean Marc Choukroun Judy Cohen In honor of William and Esther Cohen Jeffrey Coon Daniel Dagle Michele and Raymond C. Decker Nancy DeLucia Carol A. Domb Paul and Judith Farber Marlane and Harvey Guttman Sandi Karlson Ellen and Robert Kavash Kenneth Kline Richard Lee Sylvia McKinney Marianne T. Miller R.E. Polsky

Ilene Blitzstein Poses John and Anne Poulin Barbara Price Louise and Francoise Rollman Dr. Harry Rosenthal Daniel Szyld and Kathleen Ross Christine Rouse Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Neil and Cheryl Shusterman Mrs. Shirley Sivitz Bruce and Ellen Sotland Ruth and David Steinman Catherine Stock Peter and Theresa Williams Sally Wojcik $99 and under Anonymous Susan Albert Evelyn Alloy Marcia Baker Pearl Carpel Christine Cayer Elaine Charendoff Mike and Dorothy Cooper Elizabeth Corman Marcia Feinstein Robert and Rosalyn Gross Beverly Hayden Valerie Jones Nihad Kaiseruddin and Syed Afzal Frieda Lefeber Steve Pacek Carol and John Rauch Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour George and Cathy Schuler Ruth Segal Richard Smith Vivienne and Herbert Spector Nicholas Spennato Paula Spielberg Edward and Carolyn Tyndall in honor of Tyndall Edward Robin Vogel Nancy Wood

Arden Arts Education Fund was estabilished by a gift from William A. Loeb

There is still time to join the campaign! To make a donation visit http://www.ardentheatre.org/new or call 215.922.8900 x49.

Producing Artistic Director........................................................................................................... Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director ............................................................................................................ Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Daniel O’Neil Literary Manager .......................................................................................................................................... Sally Ollove Commissioned Playwrights ............................ Stephen Belber, Laura Eason, Laura Jacqmin, Rogelio Martinez Artistic Intern .................................................................................................................................... Olivia McPherson

Director of Marketing and Public Relations ............................................................................................ Ryan Klink Marketing and Public Relations Manager .....................................................................................Leigh Goldenberg Art Director...............................................................................................................................................Kristy Giballa Marketing Assistant .................................................................................................................................. Maura Roche Group Sales Associate ....................................................................................................................... Katherine Perry Interim Graphic Designer ......................................................................................................Amy Kleinschmidt Teta Interim Web Designer ........................................................................................................................... Beth Blinebury Development Director ............................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Winterrowd Manager of Institutional Giving .................................................................................................................. Mary Duffy Manager of Individual Giving....................................................................................................... Genvieve Goldstein Development Assistant......................................................................................................................... Megan Staples Development Intern .................................................................................................................................. Wenjia Zhao

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Managing Director .............................................................................................................................. Amy L. Murphy General Manager ...................................................................................................................................Hannah Olanoff Business Manager ...................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager .............................................................................................................Mary Beth Simon Arden Professional Apprentices ........................ Cheyenne Barboza, Katie Foster, Will Freske, Laurel Hostak, Liz Nugent, Emily Schuman, Donna Steele Arden Interns ................................................................................................................Matthew Falance, Lisa Winder Arden Volunteer .................................................................................................................................... Jean Markovitz

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Education Director .................................................................................................................Maureen Mullin Fowler Education Associate ...................................................................................................................................... Bryan Kerr Arden Drama School Coordinator ...................................................................................................... Donald Smith Arden Teaching Artists..................Kala Moses Baxter, Terry Brennan, Rachel Camp, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Matthew Decker, Mike Dees, Dionna Eshleman, Liz Filios, Charlotte Ford, Steve Gravelle, Andrew Hanley, James Ijames, Alex Keiper, Courtney Spiker Martin, Matt Mastronardi, Emily Mattison, Ben Michael, Amanda Morton, Bi Jean Ngo, Malika Oyetimein, Steve Pacek, Samantha Pedings, Katherine Perry, Trevor Pierce, Davy Raphaely, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Scott Sheppard, Jenna Stelmok, Shanna Tedeschi, Kate Watson Wallace, Miriam White Box Office Manager....................................................................................................................................... Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager ...............................................................................................................Corey Masson House Manager..................................................................................................................................... Elisabeth Kersey Front of House Assistants ................................ Angela Coleman, Tara Bankard, Galen Blanzaco, Sarah Dugan, Matthew Falance, Chelsey Gaskins, Regina Haigh, Matthew Mastronardi, Aubrey McKinney, Emily Mattison, Abby Perlman, Katherine Perry, Joe Pilitowski, Eva Fae Rodriguez, Jacqueline Schneider, Katie Sink, Jenna Stelmok, Max Vasapoli Production Manager ........................................................................................................................... Courtney Riggar Technical Director................................................................................................................................ Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager .................................................................................................... Jessica Day West Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman ........................................................................................................ Justin Romeo Master Electrician ............................................................................................................................. Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor............................................................................................................................. Alison Roberts Properties Master ............................................................................................................................ Christopher Haig Charge Scenic Artist .................................................................................................................... Kristina Chadwick Production Stage Managers .............................................................. Alec E. Ferrell, John Grassey, Kate Nelson Fight Director ..........................................................................................................................Darren Michael Hengst Assistant to the Stage Manager........................................................................................................... Emily Schuman Audio Engineer ...............................................................................................................................................Toby Pettit Light Board Programmers ................................................................................................................ Dominic Chacon Electrician............................................................................................................................................... Ashley Esterline Stitcher ................................................................................................................................................. Rebbecca Austen Costume Intern ............................................................................................................................................Alexa Smith Scenic Construction Intern............................................................................................................. Lindsay Maiorano Scenic Painting Intern .......................................................................................................................Danielle Ferguson Electrics and Sound Intern ..................................................................................................................... Devon Sparks

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Quiara Alegría Hudes

Meet Quiara Alegría Hudes

Playwright of Water by the Spoonful The Arden’s upcoming production of Water by the Spoonful, onstage January 16 - March 16th, centers on a Philadelphia family. Scenes are set throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond, with locations including a diner on Spring Garden, a Subway shop on the Main Line, and Swarthmore College.

This 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner was written by Quiara Alegría Hudes, who grew up in West Philadelphia and attended Central High School. The Arden’s Literary Manager, Sally Ollove, asked Hudes about the inspiration for her work and her Philly roots.

Sally Ollove: Water by the Spoonful is the second in a trilogy that follows a Philadelphia family coming to terms with its past and its future — why a trilogy as opposed to a single piece?

Quiara Alegría Hudes: I am very inspired by August Wilson’s Century Cycle. The scope and breadth of American life he covers is unparalleled. I believe in seeing or reading all ten plays one learns so much about the fabric of our country — our spirit, our fears, our soul, our music, our fury. I would love to investigate a community that deeply and fully. In some ways, this trilogy is me embracing the challenge he left us all.

I was also feeling confined, when I dreamed up the trilogy, by what felt like a shrinking of the American stage. Solo plays, two-person plays, ninety minute plays becoming the norm. I was soaking up plays that take a wide canvas, like Angels in America. Even Jerusalem, by Jez Butterworth, was three hours of roisterous British mythology, and I watched it and thought, “Wow, the balls.”

SO: You conducted a number of interviews in preparing to write this piece. Were there any moments from those interviews that stand out to you as a touchstone for Water?

QAH: I interviewed Alan Leshner, who runs the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Under Clinton, he challenged the cultural assumption of “addictive personalities” and began to gain traction for this notion that addiction is a disease, not a moral or personality failing. I interviewed my own cousin who struggled mightily with addiction and triumphed in recovery. I interviewed a counselor at Hartford’s Institute of Living who had been called into the professional rehab arena after her own recovery from addiction. What I remember the most is bringing my cousin to Hartford to see the world premiere [of Water by the Spoonful].

It struck a lot of chords —it was painful and yet cathartic for her to watch. We had

breakfast the next day before I drove her back to Philly. She admitted at breakfast that after twenty years sober she still sometimes could not get out of bed for an overwhelming desire to use. “Just one joint, just one beer.” She said she had spent an entire week on her floor recently, trembling and sobbing for wanting to use. But she didn’t. Talk about commitment to sobriety.

SO: In addition to writing, you have a strong background in music — including a B.A. in Music from Yale. How does your experience as a musician influence your writing?

QAH: I took lessons at Settlement Music School in South Philly. I learned how to live a solo life, and find fulfillment in a solo practice. I learned how to spend eight hours of unstructured time to get better at something, to improve something. I learned how to listen and be patient in the process. I think music lessons are sometimes to teach future musicians how to play music. But I think they also teach anyone and everyone how to become a leader of their own life.

Sally also asked Quiara to share some of the moments growing up in Philadelphia that shaped her. Here are three of Quiara’s favorite Philly snapshots: •

My aunt Alice serving up caffe granita at Fante’s in the Italian Market, where she manned the coffee counter for many years. (She’s now behind the scenes, but in her days at the counter she actually won Best in Philly from the City Paper for “Coffee Advice.”)

•

One time I was riding the 34 trolley to school and our trolley rear-ended another 34 trolley right in front of us. All of the people in my trolley flew out of their seats — even though it wasn’t a hard collision, we were only going about five miles an hour but trolleys are big strong heavy pieces of metal. Anyway, as we hit the ground, someone shouted: “I’m calling Allen Rothenberg!” Everyone applauded. No one was injured though.

•

After Quaker meetings on Sunday morning, I would frequently walk down the Parkway and enjoy free admission to the Art Museum. I knew every square inch of their contemporary collection including the bizarrely magnetic Duchamp installation.

Then I’d climb the stairs and spend time gazing at “Prometheus Bound.”

Water by the Spoonful runs Jan 16 - Mar 16 Tickets: 215.922.1122 ardentheatre.org

Coming to the Arden in March:

three sisters This March, the Arden presents the world premiere of a new translation of Three Sisters Sisters, Anton Chekhov’s influential story about a family’s unrealized aspirations. Artists have long held an affinity for Chekhov’s work – when Meryl Streep sought to return to the stage, her request – granted – to the Public Theatre was a production of The Seagull. What specifically draws performers and playwrights to Chekhov? Below are quotes from Chekhov enthusiasts – including Three Sisters cast members James Ijames, Scott Greer, Ian Merrill Peakes and Mary Tuomanen – that shed light on why they are drawn to the work of this master storyteller.

“What writers influenced me as a young man? Chekhov! As a dramatist?

Chekhov! As a story writer? Chekhov!”

--Tennessee Williams, Playwright “Chekhov feels like a writer of forgiveness. He’s a peculiar humanist that shows you everyone’s sad, silly flaws and forces you to forgive them — even if their flaws result in a suicide, or an attempted murder, or the end of a marriage.”

--Mary Tuomanen, Actor in the Arden’s Three Sisters “I think those characters in Chekhov really are...big people, they are the kind of people that you notice when they walk into a restaurant…They love to eat and drink and fight and cry….And passionate, capable of big mood swings, and a little bit larger than life.”

--Christopher Walken, Actor “Really, there are very few writers who create that dichotomy that we see in life — the surprise of comedy coming simultaneously with the tragedy, or one directly on the heels of the other; the absurdity of those opposite emotions happening at once. I think this paradox Chekhov draws so beautifully comes from a very accurate observation of life….

Chekhov’s genius is that he can articulate these universal longings so precisely, so simply.”

--Blythe Danner, Actress

A vibrant new translation of Chekhov’s masterpiece about a family’s hope, humor and heartbreak.

“It’s incredible to be in the world of [Chekhov’s] plays…

These people [characters] are really on the edge....Things are scary for some of these people, if not all of them.”

--Olympia Dukakis, Actress “There’s an existential mindset that [Chekhov]’s working on.

There’s a lot of talk about identity — am I here? Am I really here? He’s getting at some core things.”

--Tracy Letts, Playwright and Actor “Performing Chekhov…requires the entire heart. The people in his plays live out loud.”

--James Ijames, Actor in the Arden’s Three Sisters “Chekhov done right is both real and absurd.”

--David Hyde Pierce, Actor “I love Chekhov. When it is done well, life happens on stage. ” --Scott Greer, Actor in the Arden’s Three Sisters “Some of the biggest laughs I can remember ever hearing on the stage would be in…Chekhov plays. These incredible laughs of recognition.”

--Frank Langella, Actor “It’s been a somehow unrealized life-long goal to play around with Chekhov. I truly cannot wait to wander around in his brain for a few months.”

--Ian Merrill Peakes, Actor in the Arden’s Three Sisters

See a video of the cast of the Arden’s Three Sisters reading excerpts of the play:

Mar 20 - Apr 20 Three Sisters is supported by a grant from The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage

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