Tulipomania Stagebill

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael Ogborn Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

May 24 - July 1 Production Sponsor:

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

TULIPOMANIA: THE MUSICAL

Book, Music and Lyrics by MICHAEL OgBORN Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN ^ Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

JAMES KRONzER

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELvEY

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

JOHN STEPHEN HOEY

JORgE COUSINEAU

Music Director and Orchestrator

Assistant Music Director

DAN KAzEMI

RYAN TOUHEY

Dramaturg

Assistant Director

EDWARD SOBEL

SARAH OLLOvE

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Stage Manager

JOHN gRASSEY * May 24 - July 1, 2012 F. Otto Haas Stage Tulipomania:The Musical is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase and supported by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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

Production Sponsor: Arden Theatre Company receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. + Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

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WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director We are expanding.

Terrence J. Nolen

We have purchased a building located three doors north of the Arden at 62 N. 2nd Street and will transform it into the Hamilton Family Arts Center. When renovated, this 22,000 square foot building will include classrooms, rehearsal spaces, an intimate 80-seat studio theatre, and a crafts studio for construction of our sets and props. It will allow for a dramatic expansion of our work with kids – after-school programming for teens; a greater variety of classes, camps and workshops; and plays for toddlers, introducing our youngest audience members to the power and possibility of live theatre.

The Hamilton Family Arts Center will also be the home for our new play development. We will be able to hold more readings of new plays and musicals under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase, and provide a home-base for The Writers’ Room, our playwright-in-residence program that is currently in its inaugural year. The Writers’ Room offers playwrights the time and space to develop a new play while offering unprecedented behind-thescenes access for Arden audiences.

Our first Writers’ Room playwright is Wendy MacLeod, best known for her plays The House of Yes, produced internationally and now an award-winning Miramax film, and Schoolgirl Figure, a dark comedy about extremes of body image obsession in high school, recently adapted for HBO. Wendy is spending four months here at the Arden getting to know the vibrant Philadelphia theatre community and writing a play that we will produce this summer. More information about The Writers’ Room can be found at ardentheatre.org/writersroom. Check it out, and come see Wendy’s new play this July.

The Arden has become a hotbed for new play development with plays like Opus, My Name Is Asher Lev, Something Intangible, and Wittenberg being produced at theatres across the country and abroad. The Hamilton Family Arts Center will enable the Arden to be an artistic home for even more artists. It will allow us to plant more seeds (or bulbs given the show you are about to see) and provide artists time, support and space to write great new plays and musicals for the American stage. The Hamilton Family Arts Center is our investment in the future: in our kids, our artists, and in the stories yet to be told. If you are interested in learning more about this campaign, please call or email me. We need your help to make it a reality.

215.922.8900, ext 33 tnolen@ardentheatre.org P.S. Next year is the Arden’s 25th anniversary season. On the inside back cover is an article about our 2012/13 productions. We hope you’ll celebrate this milestone with us.

Cast of Characters In order of appearance

Owner .................................................................................................. Jeffrey Coon* Waiter.............................................................................................Billy Bustamante* Young Woman ...................................................................................... Alex Keiper* Woman ................................................................................................Joilet F. Harris* Man ........................................................................................................ Adam Heller* Painter ......................................................................................................Ben Dibble*

UNDERSTUDIES: Ben Dibble*, Salina Faison, Elisabeth Kersey

TIME: Now; 1636 PLACE: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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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 Arden Theatre Company proudly participates in the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, a program of the Theatre Alliance of greater Philadelphia.

DIRECTOR’S Notes Tulipomania was the first-ever musical to be commissioned by the Arden in 2005. We had previously produced the premieres of Michael Ogborn’s Café Puttanesca, another musical set in an Amsterdam café, and Baby Case, an audacious musical about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.

Baby Case was a seminal production in the Arden’s history. It exemplified the Arden’s dedication to the development of new work and our commitment to advancing the musical theatre art form.

Informed by these earlier collaborations, a musical about a man willing to give up everything for a single tulip bulb during the 17th Century Dutch Tulip Craze seemed like an inspired subject for Michael Ogborn’s next project.

“Tulip mania,” often referred to as the first recorded economic bubble, seems almost too farfetched to be true. How could these Calvinist merchants immortalized in Rembrandt’s paintings become obsessed with collecting flowers? An economist with whom I spoke compared “tulip fever” to the contemporary art market. The British artist Damien Hirst’s Lullaby Spring (which consists of a steel cabinet containing 6,136 hand-painted pills) was sold for over $19 million - the highest price paid for a work by a living artist - and Tate Modern in London is currently mounting a blockbuster exhibition of his work including his infamous formaldehyde shark. Yet just this month a leading art critic wrote, “Damien Hirsts are the sub-prime of the art world. When the penny drops that these are not art, it’s all going to collapse.” Boom or bust? Only time will tell.

Over years of development, Tulipomania has been written, revised, and rewritten again. Ultimately, Michael chose to set the musical in a modern day Amsterdam hash bar, with each patron becoming complicit in the re-enactment of one ill-fated tulip trader’s story. He found a way to tell the story of the Dutch Tulip Craze while enabling contemporary resonances and parallels to co-exist within the telling. Most importantly, he discovered a wondrous way to unleash his great passion for musical theatre and to bring his story to radiant life.

Tulipomania was originally inspired by the dot-com bubble. As that bubble all-too-quickly faded, I remember thinking that Tulipomania would no longer be relevant. How wrong I was...

Welcome to the tulip trade.

P.S. Baby Case will be produced this summer at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (nymf.org).

This is the first production since its Arden premiere in 2001. Sometimes these investments take time to bloom.

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A Message From Our Production Sponsor At the peak of the Dutch Tulip Crisis in 1637 - “tulip mania” - some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. generally considered to be the first recorded speculative economic bubble, Tulipomania provides the perfect setting to explore ambition, greed and envy associated with the most recent speculative bubble.

The Arden’s Sylvan Society members were first introduced to an earlier and quite different version of Tulipomania in 2009. That’s when my wife Kris and I joined others for a sing-through of Michael Ogborn’s earlier manuscript on the F. Otto Haas Stage. (Incidentally, that’s one of the perks of being a Sylvan Society member, and a great reason to join today!) As fans of Michael’s two other original works, Café Puttanesca and Baby Case, also first produced on Arden Theatre Company’s stage, we were immediately taken by his wry and witty framing of the great Dutch Tulip Crisis of 1637.

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We were thrilled last summer when we learned that Tulipomania would be part of the 2011/12 Arden season. Fox Chase Bank has proudly sponsored a string of world premiere productions on the Arden stage, and the opportunity to help launch Michael Ogborn’s newest work was simply marvelous.

To wit, the directors, officers and staff of Fox Chase Bank, proudly welcome you to Tulipomania. We hope you enjoy this world premiere that caps off another fabulous season at Arden Theatre Company.

Cheers!

Tom Petro President and CEO Fox Chase Bank

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The inaugural production of the Arden’s playwright residency program! Join us for the as-yet unnamed new play by Wendy MacLeod, author of The House of Yes. The Writers’ Room is made possible by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative.

Musical Numbers Tulipomania ....................................................................................... Owner & Company Portrait Sitting ..................................................................................................... Company What Have You got to Lose? ....................................................... Owner & Company Man’s Song ...................................................................................................................... Man Tavern Scene I ....................................................................................Waiter & Company Walking in a Dream ............................................................................... Man & Company In A garden That We Two Will grow ...................................................................... Man going, going, gone! ........................................................................................... Company In Praise of Tulipan ................................................................................ Man & Company Beauty ..........................................................................................Painter & Young Woman Semper Augustua ................................................................................... Man & Company Woman’s Song ........................................................................................................ Woman Tavern Scene II ..................................................................................................... Company What Have I Done? ...................................................................................................... Man Tulipofinale .........................................................................................Waiter & Company

Orchestra Piano/Conductor ............................................................................................. Dan Kazemi Reeds .......................................................................................................... Brian Adamczyk guitar............................................................................................................ Nero Catalano Brass ................................................................................................................... Bob Wagner Cello......................................................................................................... Steve Duckworth Bass.............................................................................................................. Andrew Nelson

Who’s Who BILLy BUSTAMANTE (Waiter) is happy to be back at the Arden where he did his first show in Philly, Pacific Overtures. Since then he’s performed at Lincoln Center, Pan Asian Rep, Arena Stage, Sundance Theatre Lab, Sacramento Music Circus, Walnut Street Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, The MUNY, TUTS, San Jose Rep, 11th Hour Theatre Co., Prospect Theatre Company and North Shore Music Theatre. Thanks to Terry, Michael and Dan for having me on this amazing ride. Love to my family, the Four, the Barkada and Peyton. Proud AEA member and UArts alum. BillyBPhotography.com JEFFREy COON (Owner) very happy to be back at the Arden. Last seen as george in Sunday in the Park with George. Other favorite Arden roles include Booth in Assassins, Frog in A Year With Frog and Toad, Lindbergh in Baby Case, and versati in The Underpants. Thanks to Terry, Amy, and all of the Arden family for continuing to produce Michael Ogborn’s work. Love to P, J, and J. Dedicated to glenn Perlman.

BEN DIBBLE (Painter) is thrilled to be back for his 14th show at the Arden! Ben has appeared on most of the area’s professional stages in over 50 productions, including eight world premieres. Favorite roles include Hauptmann in Baby Case, Toad in Frog and Toad, Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Elyot in Private Lives, and the title roles in Candide and Bat Boy! Look for him next season as King Henry in Henry V (Lantern) and here as Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music. All my love to Amy and our three Dibblets.

JOILET F. HARRIS (Woman) a Philadelphia native, is happy to be returning to the Arden where she won the Barrymore Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Caroline in Caroline, or Change. She is currently covering the role of Ella Fitzgerald in Ella the Musical. Recent theater: Crowns (Mabel & Mother Shaw), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell), A Streetcar Named Desire (Neighbor), Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle), Finian’s Rainbow (Lead Sharecropper), Damn Yankees (Doris), Menopause the Musical (Power Woman), It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (gretha), and many more. Tv/Film: The Wire (Detective Caroline- two seasons), Law & Order SVU, Hack, Philly: The Perfect Witness, Animal Factory, Beloved, 12 Monkeys, Rocky V and others. “To god Be the glory!”

ADAM HELLER (Man) The Arden: My Name is Asher Lev; Caroline, or Change. Broadway: Baby It’s You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act; Victor/Victoria; Les Miserablés. Off-Broadway: Make Me a Song - The Music of William Finn; The Immigrant; Endgame; Merrily We Roll Along. Regional: Robin and the 7 Hoods (Old globe); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (goodspeed); Dancing in the Dark (Old globe); My Name is Asher Lev (Delaware Theater Co, Round House); Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center/ Sondheim Celebration); Art (Hartford); Dinner with Friends (Coconut grove Playhouse).

National Tours: Titanic; Falsettos; Les Miserablés. Tv: The Sopranos; Law & Order (all); Oz; Queens Supreme. graduate: NYU/Tisch. This one is for Doug Heller.

ALEx KEIPER (Young Woman) is thrilled to be returning to the Arden for her second show! Previously she was seen as The Cannibal Princess in last years The Flea and the Professor. This season, Alex was seen as Debra in Kimberly Akimbo (Theatre Horizon), Deb in Ordinary Days (11th Hour Theatre Co.) and Catherine in Proof (Walnut Street Theatre). Alex is a proud UArts graduate and is now in a serious relationship with the Philadelphia theatre scene. Thank you to the artists who inspire and perspire doing this work we get to do. Thanks to Terry, Michael, Dan and the cast and crew for having a hand in creating this new and unique piece. Love to Mom, Dad, Ryan and Matty. alexkeiper.com

Who’s Who MICHAEL OGBORN (Book, Music and Lyrics) is happy to be back in his “Artistic Home” and working with Terry Nolen and the Arden. In recent years he has contributed the musical scores to the People’s Light & Theatre Co. holiday pantos. He received Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Original Music for Baby Case and Cinderella. He is currently putting the finishing touches on two new musicals: The Three Maries, an old fashioned musical comedy inspired by Queen Marie of Romania’s 1926 visit to Philadelphia, and Aladdin: a musical panto which will open at PLTC in November. This July, Mr. Ogborn’s Baby Case will be produced at the NY Musical Festival. Special thanks to Rob Soslow, John Daniels and Michael Hollinger. visit michaelogborn.com to see more.

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 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 Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company. 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.

JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Designer) ARDEN: Clybourne Park, Sunday in the Park with George, Something Intangible (Barrymore Award), Caroline, or Change, and Opus among others. WASHINgTON DC: The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Washington Ballet and The Shakespeare Theatre. REgIONAL: Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and many others. NEW YORK: Glory Days (Broadway), Opus (Off-Broadway). Tv: Comedy specials for Jim gaffigan, Whitney Cummings, Louie Anderson, Nick Cannon among others. NATIONAL TOURS: The Wizard of Oz, Backyardigans, and Barbie Live. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award (8); Barrymore Award (2).

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEy (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be designing Tulipomania for the Arden. Some previous designs include Robin Hood, Clybourne Park, Charlotte’s Web, The Threepenny Opera, The Borrowers, Candide, Winesburg, Ohio, The Stinky Cheese Man, Sunday in the Park with George (2010 Barrymore Nomination), Something Intangible (2009 Barrymore Award), and Caroline, or Change (2007 Barrymore Award).

Rosemarie is a Philadelphia based freelance designer and adjunct professor at Moore College of Art & Design. For more on Rosemarie visit rosemariemckelvey.com JOHN STEPHEN HOEy (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be back at the Arden. He has designed nationally for 20 years, and is currently the head of the design program at Temple University. After studying privately with scenographer Joseph Svoboda in Prague, John’s work has included the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera Spoleto Festival, Pennsylvania Ballet, Luciano Pavarotti, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Folger Shakespeare, Cleveland Playhouse, Kennedy Center, the movie Center Stage, and several international tours. He has received five Barrymore nominations (two awards), a Helen Hayes nomination, and a Prix Millennium for Capuleti et Montegue at the Opera Company of Philadelphia. For Meredith.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) has designed sound and video for over forty shows here at the Arden, including highlights such as Clybourne Park, The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park With George, History Boys and Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case. Jorge also composes music and designs sets for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions, Theatre Exile and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/installation group.

Who’s Who DAN KAZEMI (Musical Director and Orchestrator) is a composer, actor, music director, orchestrator and educator. Dan musically directed Tick, Tick . . . Boom!, the PhillyRocks! concerts, The World Goes Round (Barrymore Nom), Reefer Madness, Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue X (Barrymore Award), Rooms and Trailer Park for 11th Hour Theatre Company. He musically directed the Arden’s The Flea and the Professor (Barrymore Nom), and The Irish.. (WST, Two Barrymore Noms). Regional Credits: The Musical of Musicals (Helen Hayes Nom), Cabaret, Next to Normal, Always Patsy Cline (Milwaukee Rep).

Dan’s music has been performed at the Cirque de Demain in Paris, and in 213 Productions collaborations, Untitled Project #213 and Your Attention Please! Dan is the composer of a new musical, The Tapioca Miracle (thetapiocamiracle.com).

RyAN TOUHEy (Assistant Musical Director) is a Barrymore Award nominated music director for his work on 25th Annual...Spelling Bee at Theatre Horizon. His first Arden production was The History Boys in 2009. He has also worked with 11th Hour Theatre Company, People’s Light & Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre, among others. Ryan served as composer/arranger on All the King’s Men, directed by Trinity Repertory Company founder Adrian Hall. He holds a B.F.A. from the University of the Arts in Musical Theatre.

NEILL HARTLEy (Dialect Coach) is an assistant professor of voice and speech at the University of the Arts and has acted as a speech/dialect coach for several professional theater productions, including Sunday in the Park with George, August: Osage County and many others for the Arden. Acting: Arden, InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia Theater Company and the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater.

He shared a Philadelphia Barrymore Award as best ensemble for Batboy, The Musical with 1812 Productions. He has six one-man shows that he regularly presents, many voice-overs, commercials and films. Neill is the Artistic Director for Acting Without Boundaries, a theater company for physically disabled teens and young adults. Directing: Philadelphia Young Playwright’s, University of the Arts, Ursinus College, Arcadia University, New City Stage Company and Luna Theater and most recently Annie (AWB) and The House of Blue Leaves (Isis Productions).

SARAH OLLOVE (Assistant Director) is excited to be back at the Arden for her sixth production. A freelance dramaturg, she is a graduate of the ART/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.

She has worked nationally with companies including ART, Signature Theatre, the Flea, and Woolly Mammoth. Local credits include work with Theatre Exile, PTC, gas & Electric Arts, and is the dramaturg-in-residence at Azuka Theatre. Thanks to Terry, Michael, and the Arden staff.

JOHN GRASSEy (Stage Manager) is excited to be back at the Arden after working as an Assistant Stage Manager on August: Osage County this past Fall. In addition to the Arden, he recently worked at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Walnut Street Theatre. John is a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Many thanks to his friends and family for all of their support. Proud member of AEA. 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 the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. She 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.

Who’s Who 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 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, 58 awards and 272 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.

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Tulip Mania Michael Ogborn’s Tulipomania: The Musical draws its inspiration from the tulip bulb craze (better known as tulip mania) that broke out in Holland in 1634. Spurred by the whims of the wealthy, this craze financially consumed much of the Netherlands for many years. As the Scottish journalist Charles MacKay (whose text is still in print today and used in contemporary economics classes) puts it: In 1634, the rage among the Dutch to possess them was so great that the ordinary industry of the country was neglected, and the population, even to its lowest dregs, embarked in the tulip trade. As the mania increased, prices augmented, until, in the year 1635, many persons were known to invest a fortune of 100,000 florins in the purchase of forty roots.

A contributor to several newspapers, MacKay was the assistant editor of the Morning Chronicle and eventually the editor of the Glasgow Argus—the leading choice of the Whigs in glasgow. His text on the tulip mania of the 1600’s touches on the lengths people went to just to obtain a single tulip bulb.

Nobles, citizens, farmers, mechanics, seamen, footmen, maidservants, even chimney-sweeps and old clotheswomen, dabbled in tulips. People of all grades converted their property into cash, and invested it in flowers. Houses and lands were offered for sale at ruinously low prices, or assigned in payment of bargains made at the tulip-mart.

However, certain bulbs caught the attention of many potential seekers. Exactly as it is in Ogborn’s story, the Semper Augustus was widely regarded as the paragon of tulips. At one point in time, it was believed that: … at one time, early in 1636, there were only two roots of this description to be had in all Holland, and those not of the best. One was in the possession of a dealer in Amsterdam, and the other in Harlaem.

So anxious were the speculators to obtain them that one person offered the fee-simple of twelve acres of building ground for the Harlaem tulip. That of Amsterdam was bought for 4600 florins, a new carriage, two grey horses, and a complete suit of harness.

This craze, though, wasn’t a lasting one by any means. Those with money began to see that their funds could be better spent elsewhere. Those on the lower rungs, however, were not so lucky. Many of them had tapped out their savings and even mortgaged against property to find a place among those wealthier. With the demise of the tulip mania, their investments in the bulbs left them virtually penniless and with a product coveted no longer.

Hundreds who, a few months previously, had begun to doubt that there was such a thing as poverty in the land, suddenly found themselves the possessors of a few bulbs, which nobody would buy. The cry of distress resounded everywhere, and each man accused his neighbour. The few who had contrived to enrich themselves hid their wealth from the knowledge of their fellow-citizens, and invested it in the English or other funds. Many who, for a brief season, had emerged from the humbler walks of life, were cast back into their original obscurity. Substantial merchants were reduced almost to beggary, and many a representative of a noble line saw the fortunes of his house ruined beyond redemption.

The country took years to recover from the damage done by the tulip mania. And the love of these dangerous flowers still lingers in the passion many a Dutchman finds in a beautiful tulip. While the craze that drove the entire economic system of a country into frenzy is long past, it is still haunting to think about the lengths to which people went.

“Once upon a time there was a man who sacrificed all he possessed in the world—for a tulip.”

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The Wells Fargo Foundation $750 to $2,499 Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Beneserv Drumcliff Foundation Enterprise Holdings Foundation The Hassel Foundation Jenkintown Building Services+ The Kesher Fund of the Cohen-Fruchtman-Krieger Family, Inc. The Pittsburgh Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation Smith Edwards Dunlap Co.+ $749 and under Boxcar Brewing Company+ Café Excellence+ Metlife Creative Connections Toshiba William goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods Looking for a business tax break in 2012?

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

(Funds directly support Arden for All, education outreach program.)

Eligiblity info: Angela DuRoss at 215-922-8900 x25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org www.ardentheatre.org/support/eitc.html

Special thanks to EITC contributors ACE Group, Comcast Corporation, Harmelin Media, PECO, Susquehanna Bank & Universal Health Services, Inc.

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

First Tennessee Foundation gannett Foundation gE Foundation glaxoSmithKline google 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 The 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 William Penn Foundation

For 11 years, the Sylvan Society has recognized individuals who support the Arden’s work by making annual gifts of $1,000 or more.

Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above) Anonymous Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III CHg Charitable Trust in memory of Ruth and Herbert Dordickt Otto Haas Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C.Haas Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Sally and Michael Bailin^ Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie garfield 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 Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Carol and Tom Beam John Bitman^ Lois g. Brodsky John and Susan Coleman Anne M. Congdon Dorothy Delbueno Robert M. Dever Ann Diebold Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster^ Ms. Elizabeth gemmill Linda and David glickstein David and MaryJane Hackney Ronna and Robert Hall Karen and Mark Hite Leslie and Barbara Kaplan Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Peggy and Steve Morgan Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Keith and Jim Straw Sally Walker and Tom gilmore^ June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499) Anonymous Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland

John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Bethany Asplundh Jim and Janet Averill Sheryl and Allen Bar giséle Sambar Bathish Ivy Bayard Sandy and Mickey Bernstein Reggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’Neill Louis Bluver Jean g. Bodine Almut Breazeale DeDe and Tony Brown Nancy Burd Thomas Burke and Richard Fountas vicki and Russ Carlson Christina Clay, M.D. Priscilla and John Clement Joy De Jesús and Jamie Reynolds Tobey and Mark Dichter Michael A. Donato and Peter R. Sonzogni Deirdre Dooner Marie and Peter Dooner Deb Dorsey and Mike green Shafiq Ebrahim James R. Fairburn and David A. Wickard Stephen Falchek Ted and Shannon Farmer Jeanne Fisher Sandi Foxx-Jones Richard and Diane D. Frey David and Christina Fryman* Terry graboyes Peggy and Richard greenawalt Marcy gringlas and Joel greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. greenfield, III glenn gundersen and Susan Manix Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann Dr. David and Patricia Holtz* Susan Jacobson and Michael golden* Carol and D. Scott Kelley Caroline Kemmerer Mr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy Novick virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Holly Kinser Kenneth and Eve Klothen Joel Koppelman and Sharon Sorkin

Beth and Bill Landman Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Larry and Mickey Magid Tina Manco Lewis R. and Sue Ann Marburg gloria and Dan Mariano Jean Markovitz Barbara and Don Matheson John and Amy McCawley* Andrea Mengel and george A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias Ellen and Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy and Terrence J. Nolen Michael Norris and Matt varrato Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Ms. Carol and John Rauch Ann and Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Amelia Q. Riley Ellen Rosenthal Phyllis and Martin Rosenthal Dolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie Beechman 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 Eileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin Tuzman Thomas and Patricia vernon^ Sandy and Michael Wax Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Mike Salmanson and Tobi zemsky Michael zuckerman and Jan Levine, in memory of Jonathan Levine Ellen Yin+ Hope Yursa 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.

Without your support our musicals would not sound complete.

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

Your support can make a difference!

To make a gift,

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

Thank you to our Supporters $500 - $999 Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Sheila Bell and Thomas Dodds Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Ms. Ruth E. Brown In Honor of Lisa Burns Carol and Bruce Caswell Carole M. Foley* Dan gannon Paul H. and Jeanne geskes Ronald Kershner and Catherine Dolan Edith Klausner Mary Ellen Krober Mike and Helene Loeb Frank and Sally Mallory Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester Paul Rabe and Cheryl gunter Mary Jo Reilly Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Laurada Byers and Michael Sanyour Jane Scaccetti Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Philip and Susan Schlegel Harold and Sharon Schwalm Anne Speyer

Harold and Emily Starr Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre gibson Dorothy S. Tomassini and Barry Brenner Dr. and Mrs. Stephen g.vasso Matthew White* William H. Ross School $250-$499 Carol and Bennett Aaron Howard Aaronson Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. In Memory of gerald Alpaugh Arden Professional Apprentices David Ardrey Ron and Joyce Bayer Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Bill Beckett and Jo White^ Peter and Lynne Berman Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Thomas H. Blackburn Daniel Blickman Linda and Daniel Blickman* Alden and Linda Blyth Philip and Elaine Bobrove Janice and Roger Boe Marlin g. Brown David Brownlee Bob and Cheryl Carfagno Caroline Castagno Nelly and Scott Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Karen Clark Marc and Margie Cohen

Ruth Miller Cox James Crawford and Judith Dean Barbara Daneluzzi george Koch and Santo DiDonato Tika and Issac Djerassi Lois S. Durso Robert English Joseph and Carolyn Evans Wally and Jane Evans William and Anne Ewing Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-Brateman^ Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Mark and Rene Feitelson Ruth and andre Ferber In memory of Bob gallagher Charles gear Karhnak-glasby Family Bob and Jan goren Mary C. Harbison Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Charles W. Head, Jr. Betsy and Ted Hershberg Heidi Hertfelder^ Jim and Carolyn Hessinger glenna Huls David and Beth Medoway Kagan Barbara and Jerry Kaplan Scott and Margie Kasner Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman gregory Kleiber Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Bernadette Koller Kenneth D. Kopple^

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.

Peggy Anderson Jane Berryman Lou Bluver Ellis K. Ginsberg

Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom James and Suzanne Hill Mary Ellen Krober 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 In honor of Ronnie Kleppert Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker Kathryn Lee David Lerman David and Deborah Lesher Alan and Susan Levin Warren and Arline Lieberman Pat and Jim Lobb John and Martha Lubell Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Mrs. grace Madeira Allison Wilson-Maher and John Maher Robert Manning Dr. Arlen Marks and David Smith Mary Louise and gerald Martin george and Judy McCarthy gloria McNutt Paul and Lee S. Miller Madeline Miller Stephen and Janet Mullin Jerome Napson Etta and Chuck Nissman Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Brenda J. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. gerald O’Neill^ Barbara and Don Parman Michael L. and Judy Paul valerie Brand Pipano and Tal Pipano Jayme Powers Dan Promislo Joy Rickabaugh graham and Betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de velde Dulcie Romm Faye and Daniel Ross Peter Ryker Susan greene Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Robert and Susan Simon William and Mary Simpson James L. Smith John and Susan Stedman In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld 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 Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock

Tom and Jackie zemaitis $125 - $249 Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Dr. Ron Abrams Stephen Albert Janet and Roger Alwang Theodora W. Ashmead Alison Bauer Richard and Eileen Bazelon Pat and Tom Bender Jay and Nancy Berkowitz Jane Biberman Doris and Aaron Bitman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle J. Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Eadie and Allan Brooks Laurie Brown Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Sheryl L. Roser Michael P. Buckley Jeannine D. Burky Evelyn and gary Carpenter Mr. Joseph Casey Alice A. Chittenden Jennifer and Daniel Coffey Dr. Marie A. Conn Sandra and James Corry Kimberly Crown* Mary Ann Dailey and Jacob Dailey Jennifer Dalpiaz Nancy Davis Daniel Devlin Andrew and Marla Diamond In Honor of Marjorie Dickey Larry and Pat Dixon Ms. Diana Donaldson Ellen and Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter Kathy and Jerry Drew David Durham Angela DuRoss Marcia Eisenberg Paul and Adele Epstein Helene D. Estes^ Anne Ewers Paul and Judith Farber Lana Fishkin Curt Foxworth Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Helene and Michael Freidman David and Christina Fryman Mary Jane Fullam Wendi Furman Dennis T. gallagher

Judith and Edwin gerber Stan gibell David K. gifford Kathleen and Paul goldenberg grace gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Miriam and Saul grossman Nancy and Richard grove Susan and Adam guttentag Judge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Dona and Curt Haltiwanger virginia Hedden Ron Herman Lenora Hume Thomas K. Hurster Jackie Jerrehian Sarah C. Jordan Nancy Kane Sandra R. Karlson Phyllis Kauffman Lawrence Kaufman Robert and Ellen Kavash Marjorie Epps Kennedy Steven and Patricia King Alan and Elaine Klawans Christina and Harold Klein Charles and Patricia Kling David Ladov Bob and Mary Lawler Richard Lee Lorraine and late Richard Leff Robert Woodcock and Sally Leiderman Ruth Lesser Helene Levine Bob and Lynn Levitt Barbara and Richard Linde David and Kim Lipetz Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Will and Sandy Lock Donald and Nancy Maclay Claudia Madrigale Ellen Magen and gerald Katz Lynn and Joe Manko Ted and Ronnie Mann Milton and Renee Margulies glenda Marshall Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith and Arthur McDowell Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret g. McLaughlin Cheryl Meyer Martin and Sandra Miller David and Laurel Mosteller Kathleen J. Moyer, Ph.D. Carmen Mucci and Lois Marianni Theodore and Theresa Munz Jr. John Musarra

Thank you to our Supporters $125 - $249 continued Kenneth and Susan Myers Eliot Nierman Carol L. O’Brien William O’Connor Hugh C. O’Neill virginia Owen Mr. Richard Pariseau John and Judith Peakes Mary and F. Laurence Pethick vincent and Carmen Pezzullo Nancy Post John and Margaret Preg Karen and David Pressel Sherri and Abe Reich Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Eleanor Reinhardt Leslie Rescorla Alice Reyes Dr. Elnora Rigik and andrew Bushko Mark and Sharon Robb Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill Claire Rocco Francoise and Louis Rollmann^ Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosen Bernie and Camille Rosenberg Bernice and Jerry Rubenstein Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Robert and Joan Ludwig Thekla Sacksteder Joan and Bill Saidel Ms. Kim Schmucki Carl W. and Mary Ellen Schneider Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer Joseph and Louise Shaffer A. Paul Shallers Catharine Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Mel and Susanne Shuster virginia P. Sikes, Esq. Celeste Simon and Brian Keith Bob and Harriet Singer Shirley Sivitz Leslie E. Skilton gail Snitzer Margaret R. Spencer Leon and Marcia Steinberg Rita Stevens Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Debra Strauss Ruth P. Stuessy Richard and Anne Tax Lorraine Toji

Cathy Toner* Harold and Judith Torrance The vandergrift-Baxter Family Emily and Charles Wagner Clifford and Ann Wagner vivian Weinblatt Theresa Williams The Wisnewski Family Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Sam and Kuna Yankell Roger and Lillian Youman William zeidner* $75 - $124 Anonymous Rita Axelrod Art-Reach, in honor of Maureen Mullin Fowler Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University, in honor of Angela DuRoss Emily Aiken Janet Andereck Albert and Patricia Anderson Peggy Anderson Arthur S. Applebaum Helen Aster Harry Bambrick Robert Bauer and Sandy Clay Bauer Stanley Baurys The Rev. Judith T. Beck Lisa Becker Julie Becker Constance and Richard Berman Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank Joan Blum Judith Borie Marcia Bower Frank Boyer Michael P. Boyle Joshua and Susan Braunstein Charles Brennan Judith Broudy Carol Buettger Robert J. Butera Francis and Mary Calter Barbara Carmine Mary Chomitz Sandra and Saul Clair Annemarie Clarke and David Buch Sharyn F Clauson Edwin g. Close, II Florence and Wilbertl Clyman Rhoda and Michael Coben Judith Cohen Sue Cohen

Kelly McBride Susan Cook Janet Cook Carol Corson zoe Coulson Karen Cuzzolino Charles H. and Suzanne Davis Judith Dederick Rita and grace Denbo Stephanie Deviney Ellen and gerald DiPinto Stuart Donaldson Ray Doyle Mr. Murray and Libby Rosof Dubin Marlene Dubin Louisa Dubin Donald and geraldine Duclow Leah Chaplin and Eileen gildea Debbie and Jerry Epstein Wendy Epstein Barry and Beth Evans Brynn Evans Leonard and Helen Evelev Sylvia Beck and Jay Federman John Fischer Deborah and Martin Fishbein Mrs. Pamela Fisk Marjorie Fiterman Ms. Judy Frank Jim and Fran Frazer Mr. Allan P. Freedman Ellen and David Freeman Paula Fuchsberg Chaim galfand george and Pooh gephart greg gephart Maria giunta Peggy glover Leigh goldenberg and Aaron Bauman virginia gormley Mac and Naomi gorson Anna and Kenneth gottschaldt Priscilla grosick Marsha gross Anne Halkedis Stephen and Ona Hamilton Adrienne and Eric Hart gail Hauptfuhrer Douglas and Harriet Heath Ruth Herd Judy Herman and Steve Small Tom and Wendy Hibberd Richard and Barbara Hirsh Terry Hirshorn Dr. David Holtz Ann Marie Horner

Thank you to our Supporters Donna and Bill Hower Kerry Huntsman Judith Hyman Elyssa Kane and Jeff Levine Timothy and Carol Johnson Sondra N. Jones Jennifer and Kevin Julian Donald and Mary Kane Ira and Linda Katz Margaret Keller Heather J. Kelley* Jeanne Kiefner Cynthia Killion Lorraine Kilmer Peter and Margarita Kind Cheryl and John Kirby Brian and Caren Kirschner David Klein Ken, Eva and Aaron Klein Marlena and Lazar Kleit Steven Knepper Thomas Kohn Christal Kozloski Martha Platt and Marlis Kraft James Kronzer Sherman and Pauline Labovitz Robert Lamb Robert Lazar Ellen Le Lisa Lee Sylvia Lee and Charles L. Hillis, Jr. Kathryn Lemmon Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie Lewis Norman and Sylvia Lieberman David and Susan Lipson Karen Lisker Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Robert Lynam Mary and Jack Markov gerald Marrington Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Alice McCreary Patricia McCunney-Thomas Lorraine and Bruce McMahon Tom and Helen McNutt Marianne T. Miller Shirley g Miller Sylvia R. Miller Ellen Monsees Stephen and Lisa Morano Jeff and Maxine Morgan Claire Moyer Tema Muchnick Paul Yaros and Craig Murray The Nolen/Brooks Family

Kathy Nolen Edwards and Bill Edwards Jay and Joan Ochroch Susan Odessey and Paul Coff Linda Osler Stanton S. Oswald Larry Pace Sandra Packel John and Janette Paull Rebecca Peck Jane g. Pepper Ruth B. Petkofsky Helen Phillips Lisa Truckess Donald and Carol Plank Dan and Lisa Pliskin Bruce and Lynne Podrat Jeff and Elizabeth Podraza David and Amy Pollack Paul Polsky Madeline Portnoy Shirley Preston Linda Quam Keith and Cynthia Quinton Ellen Schlenker Karen and Mark Reber Rachel Reynolds David and Diane Richman Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach David and Laurie Robinson John and Claire Rodgers Patricia A. Rosenberg Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel William F. Ryan Roberta Sampson Mark Sandberg Lucille Schlack Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt^ Ms. Adeline R Schultz Robert and Karen Serenbetz Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Lenore and Bernard Sherman Marie and James P. Shew Janice and Thomas Showler Stephen and Marilyn Skwire David and Carleene Slowik Richard Smith Susan L. Smith Jay Snyderman Suzanne Spain Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Courtney Spiker Martin Ruth and David Steinman

Joel and Barbara Stewart Paul Stone Bert Strieb Carol and Ronald Stump Michael and Marianna Sullivan Sally Switzer Daniel Szyld Nina Tafel Marion and Richard Taxin Joseph Terry William and Joan Thomas Marguerite v. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake Anna Coxe Toogood Claire Toy Marian Tracey Frank Trotta Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill John Urofsky gilbert Feinberg and Nadeen van Tuyle William vaughn Constance villiers Beth Brooks and Bob Waterston Thomas Watkins Barbara Watson Jenny and Bill Webb Oscar Weber Bob Weinberg and Eleanor Wilner Jim and Suellen Weiner Harry and Helen Weinheimer Elizabeth Weinreb Barbara and Richard Weiss Marvin and Betty Weiss Ann Wilkerson M. Jane Williams Therese Willis Lydia Winderman Michael Winterrowd Carol Yetter Michaeline Young Michele zeldner and Ian Wachstein Benjamin zuckerman and Marian Robinson Joseph and Renee zuritsky * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift This list acknowledges donors as of April 30, 2012. 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 2011/12 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 Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant David Fryman Elizabeth H. gemmill Darrel A. german 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 Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de velde Stephen Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin

Board Executive Committee Ellen Foster, chair Brian Abernathy Joy L. De Jesús Michael Donato Nancy Elfant Ronna F. Hall Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig virginia Kimmel Andrea Mengel Charles Rose Hether Smith Lee van de velde

Engagement Committee Nancy Elfant, co-chair Lee van de velde, co-chair Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Bob Elfant Jeanne Fisher Betsy gemmill Darrel german Ronna Hall Joanne Harmelin Steve Heumann Nancy Hirsig Sue Jacobson Barbara Kaplan virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Charles Rose Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam

Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David glancey Terry gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Mike green James Kronzer Richard Maimon John McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de velde

Board Development Committee Brian Abernathy, chair Michael Donato Ellen Foster Peter Hamilton Ronna Hall Lynn Haskin Lee van de velde Diane Dalto Woosnam

Finance Committee Michael Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson

Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb Jacqueline Matusow Ilene Poses Sally Wojcik

Tulipomania Marketing Task Force Steve Heumann Carol Katarsky Barbara Matheson Don Matheson Lee van de velde The Scene Committee Mike Donohue Seth goldenberg genvieve goldstein Janeale gottlieb-george Dana Marston Meghan McKeown Special Events Task Force Ronna F. Hall, chair Nancy Burd Nancy Elfant Ellen Foster Sue Jacobson Diane Dalto Woosnam Strategic Planning Committee Joy De Jesús, chair Ellen Foster David Fryman Andrea Mengel Ellen Yin Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Ellen Foster Betsy gemmill Moose greenfield Charles Rose

The Cornerstone Society pays tribute to a distinguished group of individuals who have made transformative contributions to the Arden.

The inaugural members:

Frederick W. Anton, III former Arden board member and advocate in the corporate and civic community

Gerard J. Conway, Sr. founding board chair of the Arden

Carole Haas Gravagno

former board member and chair of the successful New Home in Old City campaign

Aaron Posner

Arden co-founder, playwright and director

Production

Front of House

Education

Development

Marketing

Administrative Management

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Staff Producing Artistic Director................................................................................................................................... Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director .......................................................................................................................................... Edward Sobel Associate Producer .................................................................................................................................................. Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant .................................................................................................................................................................. Bryan Kerr Literary Consultants ............................................................................................................................ Carl granieri, Dennis Smeal Commissioned Playwrights ..................................................................................Laura Eason, Laura Jacqmin, Rogelio Martinez Writers’ Room Playwright in Residence .............................................................................................................. Wendy MacLeod Writers’ Room Producer...........................................................................................................................................Rebecca Wright Writers’ Room Artistic Circle .......................................................... Jorge Cousineau, Melanye Finister, grace gonglewski, Michael Hollinger, Thom Weaver Managing Director ...................................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy Business Manager ...........................................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker Martin Associate general Manager .....................................................................................................................................Mary Beth Simon Administrative Assistant ..................................................................................................................................................... Eric Colton Arden Professional Apprentices ..................................................................Kaleigh Malloy, Alan Paramore, Samantha Pedings, Ryan M. Prendergast, zach Trebino, Flora vassar Arden volunteer ............................................................................................................................................................ Jean Markovitz Administrative Intern .................................................................................................................................................... Fen Tamulonis Director of Marketing and Public Relations .................................................................................................................... Ryan Klink Marketing and Public Relations Manager .............................................................................................................Leigh goldenberg Art Director.......................................................................................................................................................................Kristy giballa Marketing Assistant ................................................................................................................................................... Catherine Logan group Sales Associate ............................................................................................................................................... Shanna Tedeschi

Development Director ............................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement ....................................................................................................................... Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional giving .................................................................................................................................... Sarah Sexton Development Assistant................................................................................................................................................. Megan Staples Education Director .........................................................................................................................................Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Coordinator......................................................................................................................... Shanna Tedeschi Arden Drama School Faculty.................Krista Apple, Chris Bresky, Rachel Camp, Matt Decker, Tara Demmy, Liz Filios, James Ijames, Alex Keiper, Bryan Kerr, Bi Jean Ngo, Hillary Rea, Alison Roberts Arden For All Teaching Artists............................................... Krista Apple, Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Rachel Camp, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Matt Decker, Liz Filios, Charlotte Ford, James Ijames, Sean Lally, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Hillary Rea Education Intern ..................................................................................................................................................................Mandy Fahey Box Office Manager............................................................................................................................................................... Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................................................Corey Masson House Manager............................................................................................................................................................. Elisabeth Kersey Front of House Assistants .......................................Tara Bankard, Nanci Cope, Sarah Dugan, Brielle Hart, Mark Kennedy, Hilary Kissinger, Matthew Mastronardi, Fred Ott, Katherine Perry, Jacqueline Schneider, Max vasapoli, James Warnock, Rachel Whitworth, Andrew Wojtek Production Manager .................................................................................................................................................. Courtney Riggar Technical Director........................................................................................................................................................ glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager ............................................................................................................................ Jessica Day West Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman ....................................................................................................................................... Jon West Master Electrician...................................................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor..................................................................................................................................................... Alison Roberts Properties Master .................................................................................................................................................... Christopher Haig Charge Scenic Artist ............................................................................................................................................ Kristina Chadwick Scenic Artist......................................................................................................................................................................Brooke Murray Production Stage Managers .......... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John grassey, Katharine M. Hanley, Kelly O’Rourke Assistant to the Stage Manager ........................................................................................................................... Samantha Pedings Dialect Coach ................................................................................................................................................................... Neill Hartley Assistant Sound Designer ............................................................................................................................................ Joseph Samala Assistant Lighting Designer ................................................................................................................................... Chris Hallenbeck Electrics and Sound Intern ................................................................................................................................... Rebecca Adelsheim Scenic Construction Intern................................................................................................................................................ AJ garrigus Props Intern ................................................................................................................................................................... Tate Obayashi Costume Interns ........................................................................................ Heather Chow, Molly Levinthal, Catherine O’Brien Audio Engineer .............................................................................................................................................................. Sean Hamilton Electricians ............................................................................................ Christopher Frey, Amanda Jenson, georgia Schlessman Followspot Operators .................................................................................... Ashley Esterline, Ryan Pollock, Marchelle Smalls

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ARD E N C HILDREN’S TH EATR E PR ES EN TS

By Greg Banks Directed by Matthew Decker

April 25 - June 24 on the Arcadia Stage

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The Arden’s 25th Anniversary Season Next season, the Arden will celebrate 25 years of telling great stories by great storytellers. For this milestone, we’ve assembled five plays that exemplify what we do best: daring and ambitious musicals, dramas that grapple with the complicated notion of the American family, and provocative pieces by contemporary playwrights.

We kick off in October with the musical Next to Normal, by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal is the story of a suburban family grappling with a mother’s mental illness. Daring, electric, and emotionally rigorous, when Next to Normal premiered on Broadway in 2009, it redefined the American musical. Terry Nolen will co-conceive the production with Jorge Cousineau, reuniting the creative team behind Sunday in the Park with George whose visually arresting, video-based Chromolume illuminated the musical in a whole new way. We can’t wait to see what they have in store.

In the fall on the Arcadia Stage, we will present the Philadelphia premiere of Freud’s Last Session

by Mark St. germain. An intimate, quick-witted tête-à-tête about love, god, and life, Freud’s Last Session imagines a private meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. Ian Merrill Peakes, a Barrymore-award winning actor who has appeared in 14 productions at the Arden, will make his directorial debut. Ian has talked about directing for years, and when he proposed that the Arden produce Freud’s Last Session and that he should direct it, we couldn’t have agreed more.

At the start of 2013, we will mount Endgame, by Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett.

Under the direction of Arden Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel, who helmed this season’s Clybourne Park, Scott greer and James Ijames will play the co-dependent clowns Hamm and Clov. This darkly comic work was one of the most influential pieces of the 20th century and we are proud to present, for the first time, the work of master storyteller Samuel Beckett to our audiences.

Spring 2013 brings Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun to the Haas Stage. Director Walter Dallas, who staged Blue Door and The Piano Lesson, brings this pivotal family drama to life. Hailed as one of the greatest plays in the history of American theatre, A Raisin in the Sun is set against the backdrop of a country struggling to find its tolerance. The story of the Younger family remains just as pertinent today as when in 1959, it became the first play by an African American to be produced on Broadway.

The Arden has produced 11 Stephen Sondheim musicals – the most of any playwright or composer in the history of the company. It seems fitting that for the final production of the 25th Anniversary season, we return to his work with A Little Night Music. Terry Nolen directs grace gonglewski, Ben Dibble and Mary Martello and a cast of 16 in this achingly beautiful musical about love and regret set in turn of the century Sweden.

We hope you join us to celebrate next season. It promises to be quite a ride.

Clybourne Park

The Piano Lesson

Sunday in the Park with George