By Eugene O’NeillDirected by Matt Pfeiffer

A Moon for the Misbegotten

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

A Moon for the MisbegottenScenic Designer

MATT SAUNDERS

Lighting DesignerTHOM WEAVER+

Stage ManagerALEC E. FERRELL*

Costume DesignerALISON ROBERTS

Sound DesignerJAMES SUGG

Assistant DirectorBEN SMALLEN

By EUGENE O’NEILL

Directed by MATT PFEIFFER

January 6 - February 27, 2011Arcadia Stage

Applause, please, for our Media Partners:

This production is supported in part by the Charlotte Cushman Foundation.

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

Arden Theatre Company receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome.

I took off a year between high school and college. During that year, determined to keep up my formal education, I decided to read as many plays as I could. One of the first plays I read was Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie. There are those rare and wondrous moments when you discover a writer who shakes you at your foundation. Not only did the characters leap off the stage, but it felt as though O’Neill reached through the page and grabbed hold of me. I decided that Eugene O’Neill would be my teacher that year and read every play he had ever written. O’Neill’s plays deal with life and death struggles. Unflinching and uncompromising, they are filled with sorrows (often alcohol-soaked sorrows), obsessed with familial secrets and, at their best, offer profound glimpses of redemption and salvation. They are American stories—many of his plays focus on first or second generation Americans for whom the pursuit of land and/or money is a driving force. They are demanding stories—requiring that audiences invest their time and attention in the telling. O’Neill’s true greatness lies in his quest to mine the truth and emotion of what it means to be alive in a complex world.

There have been many times when I’ve been asked, “When are you going to do O’Neill?” Over the years, we’ve held numerous readings with different actors trying on his great roles. Last year, when we read A Moon for the Misbegotten with Grace, Eric and Michael, I once again felt that thrill of living inside O’Neill’s grasp. With this cast, and a director who has a great affinity for working with actors, I knew the time was right. The Arden’s mission is to tell great stories by great storytellers. Here is one of our finest. Enjoy.

Terry

P.S. The Rosenbach Museum and Library here in Philadelphia has an early manuscript of Anna Christie complete with O’Neill’s handwritten notes and revisions. Holding that script and perusing its pages was an electrifying moment. The Rosenbach has an astonishing collection and remains one of Philadelphia’s true treasures. If you haven’t done so, you should check it out: www.rosenbach.org

P.P.S. We are currently working to finalize plans for our 2011/12 season. We will let you know as soon as details are confirmed, but we do hope you will take a “leap of faith” and commit to joining us next year. Details are on the back cover and in your stagebill insert. Thank you for being part of the Arden.

Terrence J. Nolen

Cast of Characters

Josie Hogan .................................................................................................................. Grace Gonglewski*

James Tyrone, Jr. ...................................................................................................................... Eric Hissom*

Mike Hogan .................................................................................................................................... Sean Lally

T. Stedman Harder .................................................................................................................. Allen Radway

Phil Hogan ........................................................................................................................ H. Michael Walls*

UnderstudiesAdam Altman, Joe Lawless, David Millstone, Jennifer Summerfield

Arden Theatre Company is a professional company employing members of Actors’ Equity Association. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

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Welcome to A Moon for the Misbegotten.

“I don’t like your damn moon Josie, it’s an ad for the past.” – Jamie

As I sit in my Italian Market home just two weeks before New Year’s, it seems somewhat appropriate to be contemplating the past in the season of Auld Lang Syne. Eugene O’Neill has a unique way of conjuring the historic spirits within all of us. I can sense my own past as a young theatre artist drawing me to this moment. I first encountered A Moon for the Misbegotten as an intern at the

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival in 1998, where I played Mike Hogan opposite Grace Gonglewski. I earned my Equity union card playing Mike again a few years later at Bristol Riverside. This current production marks my fifth collaboration with scenic designer Matt Saunders, sixth with costume designer Alison Roberts, and seventh with lighting designer Thom Weaver. It’s a winding road of history that’s not unlike the journey of the play itself.

While Moon is widely regarded as an American classic, it took years before it received any critical attention. Eugene O’Neill started writing Moon in 1941, not long after the completion of his autobiographical Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Moon received its world premiere unsuccessfully in Ohio in 1943 and it wallowed in obscurity for years after. It had a brief run on Broadway in 1957 and a few productions abroad, but it had failed to capture a wider audience or reputation. It wasn’t until 1973, when director Jose Quintero revived the play on Broadway with Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst, that the play ascended to its rightful place in the theatrical canon. It was a production that finally captured the depth and emotional heartbreak at the core of the play. It also served notice that to execute the raw emotionality of O’Neill’s text required actors of great courage.

Along with this amazing cast, we’re thrilled to bring all this history together in the Arcadia’s intimate setting and tackle the hard truths of O’Neill’s world. This is a story of forgiveness and O’Neill wrote it as benediction of sorts for his brother Jamie. He never had closure or peace with his brother who died penniless in a sanatorium in Patterson, NJ. It’s clear O’Neill wished desperately for a peaceful ending for his brother and Moon is his attempt to give it to him.

Thanks for taking this journey into O’Neill’s haunted past with us. And in this New Year, let us all strive for forgiveness and peace.

Matt Pfeiffer

DIRECTOR’S Notes

Matt Pfeiffer

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” –Marcel Proust on relationships

The Arden has many assets, such as the building in which you now sit, the money invested in numerous accounts, and something else that might be not quite as tangible or concrete, but is no less essential to the success and vitality of this theatre company. At the core of the Arden’s artistic life are its intertwined and invigorating relationships between audiences and productions, actors and directors, playwrights and producers as well as actors and actors.

This production of A Moon for the Misbegotten is riddled with examples of the historic and ongoing relationships that make the Arden and the city of Philadelphia a vibrant artistic community. Follow along, if you can:

Grace Gonglewski and Eric Hissom appeared opposite each other at the Arden in Major Barbara, the first show produced in this building in1995. One year later, they again appeared opposite one another in Hedda Gabler. Gonglewski also worked with H. Michael Walls at the Arden in 1991 in The Brothers K. Director Matt Pfeiffer acted in a production of A Moon for the Misbegotten at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival with none other than Gonglewski and Walls. At Theatre Exile, Pfeiffer directed Gonglewski in Bug by Tracy Letts and Walls in Glengarry Glen Ross. Pfeiffer also directed Hissom in Wittenberg at Orlando Shakespeare after having assistant directed the world premiere production here at the Arden.

Per Marcel Proust, it is the relationships we have that “make our souls blossom.” Says Gonglewski of watching Eric Hissom, “When Eric and I did Major Barbara, there was a long chunk of the show when I was offstage and I would sneak into the booth and watch his scene at the top of the second act. He was just so fine and that scene got better and better and better. I watched it every night.”

As Gonglewski was entranced by watching Hissom’s artistic progression, so has Philadelphia watched Gonglewski’s growth into a leading artist of our city, having first appeared at the Arden in 1989 and having since performed over 20 roles here. Be it watching Gonglewski’s Arden performances, playwright Michael Hollinger’s seven Arden premieres, or sound and video designer Jorge Cousineau’s 42 Arden productions, relationships are what form the roots of this company’s creative evolution.

And while the Arden is proud of its history of connections, it is equally engaged in burgeoning relationships. In the spring, Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel will be directing Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts, a play with which he already has a strong association, having worked with Letts on the development of and been the dramaturg for the Pultizer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County as well as Superior Donuts at Steppenwolf in Chicago and on Broadway.

Later in the season, Producing Artistic Director Terrence J. Nolen will direct Wanamaker’s Pursuit, a new play by Rogelio Martinez. Martinez and Nolen collaborated last year when Nolen directed Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Theatre Center. Not only is this Martinez’s Philadelphia premiere, but the play was conceived as a story with a Philadelphia connection because of Nolen and Martinez’s relationship. Wanamaker’s Pursuit will premiere as part of the new Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

It is a winding path of connections, and all of them—our connections to our art and artists, our neighborhoods, our city and region and their communities—allow the Arden to thrive and grow.

The Arden’s Garden of Relationships

Gonglewski in Rabbit Hole (2009) Hissom in Our Town (2008)

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SUPERIOR DONUTSBy Tracy LettsDirected by Edward SobelMarch 3 – April 3

The neighborhood, the donut shop, and Arthur have all gone to pot. When young Franco Wicks busts in with fresh dough and even fresher dreams, Arthur can no longer pretend he doesn’t care. Tracy Letts, author of the Pulitzer and Tony award winning August: Osage County, turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

WANAMAKER’S PURSUITA new play by Rogelio MartinezDirected by Terrence J. NolenPart of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel CenterMarch 31 – May 22

Paris, 1911. A world on the brink of change. Young Nathan Wanamaker arrives in search of stock for the family department store and instead finds Paul Poiret and the first truly fabulous party of the 20th century. Surrounded by Poiret’s extravagances, Stravinsky’s music, and Picasso’s art, Nathan soon finds himself having to make the difficult choice of what he must bring back to Philadelphia and what he must leave behind.

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Who’s WhoGRACE GONGLEWSKI (Josie Hogan) Off-Broadway: The Flea Theater, The Guys with Tom Wopat, dir. Tommy Kail. Regional: Arden Theatre Company (22 roles including Hedda Gabler, Candida, Major Barbara and Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Walnut Street Theatre, Cape Cod Playhouse, Cape May Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Mt. Gretna Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (8 seasons), Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, and a tour of Ireland with Interact Theatre Company. Four Barrymore Awards, F. Otto Haas Award, Dorothy Haas Fellowship, BFA North Carolina School of the Arts. Grace is the voice of the car computer in The Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, David’s Bridal, Stainmaster Carpet and many banks, hospitals and politicians around the country. For Jilline.

ERIC HISSOM (James Tyrone, Jr) was last seen at the Arden as the Stage Manager in Our Town, and previously as Eilert Lovborg in Hedda Gabler, and Adolphus Cusins in Major Barbara. During 2010, he completed the national tour of The 39 Steps, appeared in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) at Woolly Mammoth in Washington DC, appeared in The Turn of the Screw at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, and directed a production of The 39 Steps at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. He has an MFA from Florida State University and has performed and/or directed at many other theatres across the country including Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Meadowbrook, Cape Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Rep, and Cape May Stage.

SEAN LALLY (Mike Hogan) is excited to be back at the Arden. He was last seen in the Arden’s productions of The Threepenny Opera and Romeo and Juliet. Other credits include Spring Awakening; Something Cloudy, Something Clear; and Bluebird with EgoPo Productions. He is also proud to have completed his first official production with Found Theater Co.: Tales. He would like to thank his family, friends and Sara for their support.

ALLEN RADWAY (T. Stedman Harder) is absolutely thrilled to be on board for Moon, which marks his 40th professional production as well as his Arden debut. He’s also excited to revisit the haunted landscapes of James Tyrone Jr., having played Jamie in Simpatico Theatre Project’s acclaimed 2009 production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Recent credits include: Owen in Theatre Exile’s That Pretty Pretty and Prince Hal in Lantern Theater Company’s Henry IV, Part I. Allen holds a BFA in Acting from the University of the Arts, and has studied abroad with members of the RSC. He is currently Simpatico’s Artistic Director and will next direct Evie’s Waltz, running March through April at Second Stage at the Adrienne. Thanks, Pfeif!

H. MICHAEL WALLS (Phil Hogan) makes at least his dozenth appearance at the Arden since his first, 20 years ago. As a child, he adorably dogged his grandfather’s footsteps. His beloved “Gran” delighted in making his grandson do any number of silly things by convincing him of the biggest “whoppers” imaginable. Gran’s roars of delight, and his feigned irascibility, are not only a large part of Hogan, but what Michael believes are the spark of his love of acting. This one’s for Gran.

EUGENE GLADSTONE O’NEILL (Playwright) (1888-1953) American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey into Night (produced posthumously, 1956) is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including Beyond the Horizon (1920), Anna Christie (1922), Strange Interlude (1928), Ah! Wilderness (1933), and The Iceman Cometh (1946). Beyond the Horizon impressed the critics with its tragic realism, won for O’Neill the first of four Pulitzer Prizes in drama–others were for Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, and Long Day’s Journey into Night–and brought him to the attention of a wider theatre public. For the next 20 years, his reputation grew steadily, both in the United States and abroad; after Shakespeare and Shaw, O’Neill became the most widely translated and produced dramatist.

MATT PFEIFFER (Director) is thrilled to return to the Arden. Previous Arden credits include directing Romeo and Juliet and Go, Dog. Go!. Matt serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Exile where he’s directed Barrymore nominated productions of Shining City, American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Bug. Other credits include: Walnut Street, Two River Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Lantern Theatre, 1812 Productions, Flashpoint Theatre, Brat Productions, and 14 seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Matt is a five-time Barrymore nominee and recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. Later this season he will direct The Lieutenant of Inishmore for Theatre Exile. Thanks to Terry, Amy, and the entire Arden staff. Special thanks to this amazing group of collaborators. Love to Kim.

MATT SAUNDERS (Scenic Designer) has designed over sixty shows for companies such as the Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Theatre Exile, People’s Light and Theatre, Headlong Dance Theater, the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, and here at the Arden. He is the Associate Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories, and has designed all of NPL’s original work. Matt’s collaboration with Whit MacLaughlin and Jorge Cousineau on the design for NPL’s Fatebook in 2008, has been selected to represent American Set Design at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial. Matt is the proud recipient of the 2007 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist. A graduate of Virginia Tech with a BA in theatre and visual art, Matt is currently pursing an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama. www.mattsaunders.net

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) is in her 11th season as the 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. Next up, she is designing Superior Donuts. You can also see her freelance design work with Theatre Exile in The Lieutenant of Inishmore this season, also directed by Matt Pfeiffer.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) For the Arden: The Threepenny Opera, Romeo and Juliet, Blue Door, My Name Is Asher Lev. In the area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include: Theatre J, Two River Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theater, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival,

Who’s Who

Who’s WhoWilliamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep, among others. Six-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Thom is artistic director of Flashpoint Theatre Company, member of PNPI and Wingspace Design Group. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

JAMES SUGG (Sound Designer) is an actor, sound designer, composer and 10 year member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 10 original works. He has also worked with Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Folger Theater, The Wilma, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental among many others. His work has been recognized with four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist and The Pew Fellowship. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage; James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (1812 Productions).

ALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) past Arden credits include Ghost-Writer, Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, My Name Is Asher Lev. Past Stage Management work with Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference, PlayPenn New Play Initiative, Theatre Horizon. Proud member AEA, SMA. Love to Amy and the Dibblets.

BEN SMALLEN (Assistant Director) earned a Master’s in Theatre from Villanova (2010) and is thrilled to be assistant directing at the Arden. Recent directing credits: the Philadelphia premiere of Caryl Churchill’s Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (2010 Philly Fringe) Upcoming: The Complete History of America (abridged) and the Philadelphia premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone for the Penn Players. Thanks to Mom and Dad for the endless support and to Matt for this opportunity.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Falsettos; Violet and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case, Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and recently directed Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company. Terry has been nominated for 23 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

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 has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council and the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life 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, 54 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, non-profit 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 un-der an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

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Who’s Who

In 1996, an enthusiastic teenager with a passion for theatre took an acting class at the Arden taught by one of Philadelphia’s leading actors. By coincidence, that teenager is now the Arden’s Marketing and Public Relations Manager and that actress is Grace Gonglewski who is playing Josie Hogan in this production.

That kind of excitement for the arts and connection to the community is what the Arden continually strives to foster, via its mission “to tell great stories by great storytellers – on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community.”

Our work “on the stage” is apparent: we have produced the works of master storytellers such as Stephen Sondheim, August Wilson, and now, Eugene O’Neill. For children, we have mounted productions of Peter Pan, A Year with Frog and Toad, and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. It is always our hope that by placing these stories on the stage, we are nurturing kids’ curiosity, creativity, and confidence.

But what might not be evident is what the Arden does “in the classroom and in the community” that accomplishes the same objectives. Because we recognize that children are not only the arts audiences of the future, but are also our next generation of artists and civic leaders, teachers and parents, we understand that it is our job to inspire them. And there are many ways to do that.

Arden for All, a needs-based theatre access program, gives 5,500 free tickets and show-related books to kids who could not otherwise afford to come see our plays. Through Arden for All, many of these children are seeing theatre for the first time. In addition to bringing children to the theatre, we also bring our work into the classrooms of area schools, often using the actors who appear on our stages as teachers. Fostering the connection between live performance and literacy is an exciting and vibrant way to get kids excited about learning through the arts and gives directly back to the city and region’s community.

Arden Drama School offers more than 100 classes and summer camps for kids and teens of all ages. Classes which are held at the Arden as well as the Painted Bride Art Center and Christ Church allow children to gain and improve skills in acting, singing, movement, and design, while encouraging collaboration, imagination, and inspiration—and possibly the chance to work at a professional theatre company someday!

At the Arden, celebrating kids is an essential part of our mission. It is also our responsibility to our community and to the future.

KIDS AT THE ARDENAT A GLANCE:

ARDEN FOR ALL5,500 students9 schools58 classrooms464 in–school workshops56 buses25 teaching artists

ARDEN DRAMA SCHOOL124 classes8 weeks of summer camps1,085 students180% attendance growth since 200825 teaching artists

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$100,000 & aboveHamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative The Pew Charitable TrustsPhiladelphia Cultural Leadership ProgramThe Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation

$50,000 to $99,999Comcast Corporation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust National Endowment for the ArtsThe Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com +Shubert Foundation

$15,000 to $49,999The ACE Group Campbell Soup Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American PlaysFox Chase BankHarmelin Media Hirsig Family Foundation of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Medical Legal Reproductions+PECOPennsylvania Council on the ArtsPhiladelphia Cultural FundThe Philadelphia FoundationTarget Corporation Virginia Brown Martin Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

$7,500 to $14,999Aloe Investment CorporationAnonymousBoeing Corporation PNC Charitable TrustPrincess Grace Foundation-USATD Charitable FoundationAnonymous

$2,500 to $7,499The 1976 FoundationThe Addis GroupBarra Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck FoundationCaroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust IICharlotte Cushman FoundationCivic FoundationDolfinger-McMahon Foundation Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial FundAnne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter Family FoundationGlenmede, investment and wealth managementGreater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation The Haley Foundation The Hassel FoundationHatboro Beverages+IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs+Karr Barth Associates, Inc. Paul E. Kelly FoundationLiberty Property TrustMain Line HealthSEI Wealth ManagementSusquehanna Bank VerizonThe Victory FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo FoundationWaldron Wealth ManagementWalter J. Miller Trust Wells Fargo Family Wealth

$750 to $2,499The Agoge Group, LLCArronson FoundationDrumcliff FoundationEagle Village ShopsFirstrust BankThe Franklin InstituteJenkintown Building Services+KPMGLouis N. Cassett Foundation Media Copy+MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy NorrisObermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLPQuaker Chemical FoundationThe Rittenhouse FoundationStephen Starr Events+Union Benevolent Association BWF FoundationZipcar Philadelphia

$749 and underActors’ Equity Association Foundation Catering By Design+Pennsylvania Women’s ForumWilliam Goldman Foundation+denotes gifts of services or goods

Looking for a business tax break in 2010?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 The ACE Group, Comcast Corporation, PECO and Susquehanna Bank

Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above)Mr. Frederick W. Anton, IIISally & Michael Bailin^Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, IIIPhoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by Carole Haas GravagnoPhoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by John Otto & Dr. Janet Haas Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter HamiltonHirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia FoundationVirginia & Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia FoundationAnonymous

Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999)John Bitman^Joseph & Marie FieldMatthew & Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth GemmillBonnie GrahamBarbara & Leslie KaplanJosephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles Rose & Mindy Goldberg Rose^Monica Horan & Philip RosenthalAnonymousLee & Christopher van de VeldeRosalyn & Stephen WeinsteinWyncote Foundation

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999)Mrs. Valla AmsterdamCarol & Tom Beam Lois G. BrodskyThomas Burke & Rick FountasJohn & Susan ColemanAnne M. CongdonDorothy DelbuenoAnn DieboldBob & Nancy ElfantTim & Ellen Foster^Narinder & Patricia GargBeatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as recommended by Linda & David GlicksteinDavid & MaryJane HackneyRonna & Robert Hall^Drs. Robin & Saifuddin Mama

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

Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499)Brian Abernathy & Elizabeth IrelandJohn Alchin & Hal MarryattBethany AsplundhJim & Janet AverillSheryl & Allen BarGiséle Sambar BathishIvy BayardSandy & Mickey BernsteinReggie Blaszczyk & Lee O’NeillLouis BluverJean G. Bodine Almut BreazealeBernard Brewstein & Ellen RosenthalDeDe & Tony BrownNancy BurdLaurada ByersChip CapelliChristina Clay MD Priscilla & John ClementJoy De Jesús & Jamie ReynoldsRobert M. DeverTobey & Mark DichterMichael A. Donato & Peter R. SonzogniDeirdre DoonerMarie & Peter DoonerDeb Dorsey & Mike GreenShafiq EbrahimJames R. Fairburn & David A. WickardStephen FalchekJeanne FisherOliver M. FordSandi Foxx-JonesDavid & Christina Fryman*Lou & Rhoda Fryman Terry GraboyesMarcy Gringlas & Joel GreenbergGlenn Gundersen & Susan ManixChara & John C. HaasMr. & Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon & Lynn Martin HaskinJane & Steve HeumannSusan Jacobson & Michael Golden*Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney & Dr. Dorothy NovickHolly KinserKenneth & Eve Klothen

Joseph Kluger & Susan LewisBill & Beth LandmanWinnie & Eric LienWilliam A. LoebRichard Maimon & Susan SegalLarry & Mickey MagidTina MancoLewis R. & Sue Ann MarburgGloria & Dan MarianoJean S. MarkovitzBarbara & Don MathesonKirsten & James McCoyJohn & Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel & George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasEllen & Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy & Terrence J. NolenRon & Suzanne NaplesMichael Norris & Matt VarratoDiane PalmerThomas Petro & Kristine MessnerDr. & Mrs. Joel PorterAaron Posner & Erin WeaverAnn & Frank Reed, through the Malfer FoundationAmelia Q. ReilyPhyllis & Martin RosenthalDolly Beechman Schnall & Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie BeechmanHether, Don & Sarah SmithRichard & Amanda SmootHarold & Emily Starr^Kathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationKeith & Jim StrawAdelaide Sugarman & Marshall GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffJustin ThomasMarguerite V. Rodgers & James H. TimberlakeEileen Heisman Tuzman & Martin TuzmanThomas & Patricia VernonSandy & Michael WaxRichard E. Woosnam & Diane Dalto WoosnamMIke Salmanson & Tobi ZemskyEllen Yin+ZAKARAK Productions

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.

* denotes gifts made through the United Way +denotes gifts of services or goods ^includes a matching gift

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters$500 - $999Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Rebecca and John AdamsStan and Lisa AltmanPeggy AndersonBarry and Marilyn BevacquaLinda and Daniel Blickman*Ruth E. BrownCarol CaswellBarbara R. CobbJim and Pat Lockhart CulbertsonShannon and Edward FarmerCarole M Foley*Dan GannonMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergJim and Carolyn HessingerEdith KlausnerMary Ellen KroberRuth and Peter LaibsonMike and Helene LoebDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffDr. Arlen Marks and David SmithDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoGeorge and Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttBarbara and Don ParmanDan PromisloWhitney Quesenbery and John ChesterPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftMarilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie*Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family FoundationEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsCorinne StahlMs. Dorothy S TomassiniDr. and Mrs. Stephen G. VassoMatthew White*Mrs. Thomas A. WilliamsMichael Zuckerman and Jan Levine

$250-$499Carol and Bennett AaronHoward AaronsonDr. Ron AbramsRichard and Joan BehrSheila Bell and Thomas DoddsPat and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanCordelia Biddle and Steve ZettlerMr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn BirnhakLinda and Alden BlythPhilip and Elaine BobroveMarlin G. Brown*Sheryl RoserCaroline CastagnoRuth Miller CoxJames Crawford and Judith DeanGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoKathy and Jerry DrewAnonymousJoseph and Carolyn EvansSue and Robert EvansAnne EwersMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanMs. Joanne E. FieldsBuzz and Linda GambleCharles GearJohn GeronimoGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferBob and Jan GorenBernie and Carole GottliebClara and Jorge LaBrakeBetsy and Ted Hershberg David and Beth Medoway KaganMr. Philip KalodnerNancy KaneBarbara and Jerry KaplanSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanSteven and Patricia King*Barbara and Leonard KlinghofferJoel KoppelmanKenneth D Kopple

Marilyn and David KrautSarah and Ledlie LaughlinBarbara Patterson LobbJohn and Martha LubellMrs. Grace MadeiraClaudia MadrigaleFrank and Sally MalloryAlan and Susan MillerMadeline MillerStephen and Janet MullinKathy Nolen EdwardsPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkSusan Odessey and Paul CoffLaura Offutt and Steve FukuchiAlice and Albert PackmanDouglas and Mary PeckJohn and Judy PeelerVincent and Carmen PezzulloSherri and Abe ReichMary Jo ReillyDulcie RommAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerBrian SeamanSusan GreeneElaine L. ShermanDr. and Mrs. Eugene ShusterFrank and Catherine SignorelloJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsWilliam and Mary SimpsonLeslie E. SkiltonDavid and Carleene SlowikJames L. SmithElaine and Sal TagliareniEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonIn Loving Memory of Jordan RosenfeldHella and Lew VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingMarlene WeinbergFred and Arleen WeinsteinNancy WingoMr. and Mrs. Harry W. WoodcockMr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem*Tom and Jackie Zemaitis

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

The Legacy SocietyArden 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 BerrymanAnonymousJames and Suzanne HillMarilyn 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

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$125-$249Emily AikenJanet and Roger AlwangAnonymousCarl and Pat BachJudith BarrettRobert Bauer and Sandy Clay BauerJudith BeckSylvia BeckSusan Becker and Aaron RubinWilliam Beckett and Joann White David and Nancy BergmanJane BibermanDoris and Aaron BitmanMr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat BoyleJoseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineBernard and Pamela BrownsteinRobert J ButeraMs. Charlotte E. CadyMr. Joseph CaseyNelly and Scott ChildressSandra and Saul ClairEdwin G. Close, IIJennifer CoffeyJohn CondelloMary Ann DaileyJennifer DalpiazNancy DavisDaniel DevlinAndrew and Marla DiamondIn Honor of Marjorie DickeyLarry and Pat DixonEllen and Max DooneiefBeverly DotterRay DoyleBeverly DubinJill DulanyAngela DuRossLois S. DursoPaul and Adele EpsteinWilliam EwingPaul and Judith FarberCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyCharlotte and Mickey FeldmanRuth and Andre FerberLarry and Maureen Mullin FowlerDr. John and Elaine FrankMs. Judy FrankNancy and Richard GabelMiriam GalsterStan GibellDavid K. GiffordTim and Carol GoldenPaul GoldenbergRobert and Patti GoodmanKelley Grady*Leonard GreeneMiriam and Saul GrossmanSusan and Adam GuttentagMary and William HangleyBrian HannaMary C. HarbisonDonald HargreavesBarbara and Robert HauptfuhrerRon HermanJohn Houle and Katherine HaydenJoanne M. HuggardPeter and Barbara HutcheonLaurie and Brad IngermanMichael and Judy Jackson, in honor of John BitmanAnonymousSarah C. Jordan

Mr. and Mrs. Charles KahnSandra R. KarlsonScott and Margie KasnerAnonymousMargaret KellerBrian and Carin KirschnerAlan and Elaine KlawansHarold KobbWalter Kraft and Deborah HungJoan and Marc S. LapayowkerBob and Mary LawlerRichard LeeLorraine and late Richard LeffHelene J. LevineLinda and Donald LewisRobert and Laurel LipshutzWill and Sandy LockLeroy and Ruth LoewensternRobert LynamLynn and Joe MankoMary Louise MartinIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickDr. Rosalie G. MatzkinLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellFaith J. McDowellLorraine and Bruce McMahonMartin and Sandra MillerPaul and Lee S. MillerSusie and Geoff MillsEllen MonseesKeith and Liz MosleyKathleen MoyerCarmen Mucci and Lois MarianniMr. and Mrs. Gene NichollsEtta and Chuck NissmanCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyBetsy OliphantBrenda J. OliphantMr. and Mrs. Gerald O’NeillAnonymousMr. Richard PariseauMichael L. and Judy PaulJohn and Judith PeakesBob and Leila PeckDavid and Sylvia PerelmanMary and F. Laurence PethickHelen PhillipsLisa TruckessRhoda PolakoffNancy PostJohn and Margaret PregLinda QuamTeresa Reyes and John HogeneschClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellGraham and Betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de VeldeClaire RoccoJane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFPFaye and Daniel RossJerry and Bernice RubensteinJanet RupertWilliam F. RyanJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigRuth and Marvin SachsJoan and Bill SaidelLucille SchlackMr. and Mrs. A. SchmidtKenneth SchmittSusan SchweitzerElliott and Ellie SeifMarie and James P. ShewVictoria SicksSusan and Robert Simon

Bob and Harriet SingerMargaret R. SpencerMichael and Hannah StarobinJohn and Susan StedmanFred Stevens and Usha SrinivasanRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett- StewartPaul StoneRuth P. StuessySally SwitzerAnonymousBob and Tina TateRichard and Anne TaxLorraine TojiCathy Toner*Judith Shadden TorranceJohn UrofskyMalin Van Antwerp*Emily and Charles WagnerClifford and Ann WagnerBeth Brooks and Bob WaterstonThomas WatkinsVivian WeinblattSally Wojcik and Will LambrakosBertram and Lorle WolfsonAskold ZagarsBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$75-$124George AhernDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsArthur S. ApplebaumTheodora AshmeadAlan and Sandy AultCynthia and Burgess AyresKatherine BakerDr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlinRobert BaronSally and Morris BarronRichard and Eileen BazelonLisa BeckerJay and Nancy BerkowitzHarriet BernsteinSydney and Doris BeshunskyThomas H. BlackburnDr. and Mrs. Benjamin BlankPatricia and David BoathJanice and Roger BoeMarcia BowerFrank BoyerMichael P. BoyleCharles BrennanPaul BreslinJulianne BrienzaLaurie BrownAnonymousCarol BuettgerAnne BurridgeRegina ByrneBob CarfagnoBarbara CarmineJohn CehlarWanna Be a StarMary ChomitzAnnemarie Clarke and David BuchSharyn F ClausonSue CohenDr. Marie A. ConnCarol CoplandCharles J. CoyleEmily and Bob Cronin

New plays created

Audacious musicals come alive

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited

Your GiftMakes It Happen

• Over 5,000 free tickets for kids in Greater Philadelphia and Camden distributed

• Philadelphia artists supported

• Educating future theatre-goers

• Dedication to the community

We depend on your support to sustain our work and help us grow.

To support the Arden, visit us online at www.ardentheatre.org/support or call Megan Staples, Development Assistant at 215-922-8900 ext. 46.

Thank You to our SupportersKimberly Crown*Barbara DaneluzziJoseph and Helen D’AngeloEllen DeaconRoseann Muziani DealRita and Grace DenboStephanie DevineyCarole and Marc DichterStuart DonaldsonLei-Lynne HorvickSonya DoreJean DowdallMr. Murray and Libby Rosof DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamEileen GildeaMarcia EisenbergDr. and Mrs. Richard EllisLinda V EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWally and Jane EvansBarry J EvansMark and Rene FeitelsonMalcolm and Martha FickMarjorie FitermanCurt FoxworthDrs. Barbara and Len FrankMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene and Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichPaula FuchsbergWendi FurmanSusan GasteyerDavid GlanceyCarrie Glasby and Kathleen KarhnakMs. Joan GmitterMicki and Larry GoldbergVirginia GormleyDiane GraboyesPriscilla GrosickNancy and Richard GroveCyndi HaasJoyce K HackmanJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertOna and Stephen HamiltonMartha Ann HansonAdrienne and Eric HartLinda Fowler HartnettPaulette Hassey*Gail HauptfuhrerDouglas and Harriet HeathAngela and Michael HennesseyRuth HerdBill Herman and Laurie NavinSusan W HerronHeidi HertfelderDaniel and Monica HilfertyLisa and Bill HoffmanDr. David HoltzPatricia and David HoltzArnold and Esther HornGlenna HulsAram and Jackie JerrehianDonald and Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones AssociatesPatricia and Paul KalataDonald and Mary KaneAlex and Joanne KarrasRobert and Ellen KavashCynthia KillionJohn and Cheryl Kirby

Ken and Eva KleinMarlena and Lazar KleitSteven KnepperBernadette KollerChristal Kozloski*James Kronzer Peter and Peshe KuriloffAnne B. LadensonDavid LadovAileen LangeJohn and Joanne LawsonRobert LazarDaniel T. LeeAlan and Susan LevinKaren LewisNorman and Sylvia LiebermanWarren and Arline LiebermanBarbara and Richard LindeKaren LiskerPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinMelissa Lore*Nancy and Jerry LutinAnonymousDonald and Nancy MaclayTed and Ronnie MannRonnie and Larry MargelGerald MarringtonM. McDonaldCeleste McMenaminCheryl MeyerMarianne MillerClaire MoyerKenneth and Susan MyersNatalie LevkovichJerome NapsonBonnie and Eliot NiermanEliot NiermanJanet NovackAnonymousHugh C. O’NeillLinda OslerClare and Dewaine OsmanStanton S. OswaldVirginia OwenSandra PackelStacy ParisCheryl and Paul ParkerRuth PetkofskyDonald and Carol PlankBruce and Lynne PodratDavid and Amy PollackHelene B. and Nelson PorterKaren and David PresselKeith QuintonEllen SchlenkerKaren and Mark ReberAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanSue and Bruno RescignaLeslie RescorlaJoy RickabaughLorraine RiesenbachDr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew BushkoSharon and Mark RobbGeorge and Zara RobertsLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillJohn and Claire RodgersFrancoise and Louis RollmannKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelDr. Harry RosenthalHal and Sue RosenthalEdwin and Sally RosentholJoan Rozanski

Bernard and Barbara RuekgauerDiane RurodeThekla SackstederJanet S. SaltzmanRoberta SampsonMark SandbergRuth Ann SchlesingerMs. Kim SchmuckiCarl W. and Mary Ellen SchneiderBonnie SchorskeMs. Adeline R. SchultzHarold and Sharon SchwalmWarren and Carole Lee SchwomeyerAlex and Stefanie SeldinRobert and Karen SerenbetzKaren Schermerhorn and Evan SeymourAntoinette Farrar SeymourA. Paul ShallersLenore and Bernard ShermanCatharine ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversMr. and Mrs. J. Thomas ShowlerSuzanne Simons and David BorgenicShirley SivitzBruce and Penny SmithIn Memory of Ruth Soloman SmithRichard and Doranne SmithJohn and Georgia SmythGail SnitzerJay SnydermanSuzanne SpainAnonymousAnne SpeyerPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinArthur P. StaddonLeon SteinbergMichael SullivanNina TafelJoel TempleMaureen Torsney-WeirLinda and Ken Traver-NeeldGilda VersteinKathe VillanovaBrock and Mary WeatherupJenny and Bill WebbHarold WeinerHarry and Helen WeinheimerMarvin and Betty WeissLydia WindermanSam and Kuna YankellAnonymous John and Donna ZappacostaWilliam and Joan Zeidner*Carlos Ziegler and Elizabeth Hasson

* Denotes gift made through the United Way+ Denotes gift of goods or services^ Includes matching gift

This list acknowledges donors as of Dec 8, 2010. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Megan Staples at 215.922.8900 x46 or mstaples@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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Board and Committee Members

Board of DirectorsEllen P. Foster, PresidentBrian Abernathy, Vice PresidentAndrea Mengel, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, Secretary

Nancy BurdJoy L. De JesúsDavid FrymanMatthew GarfieldElizabeth H. GemmillDarrel A. GermanCarole Haas GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIRonna F. HallJoanne HarmelinLynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D.Steve HeumannSusan G. Jacobson Barbara KaplanVirginia KimmelHolly KinserRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyAmy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenAaron PosnerCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithHarvey B. SwedloffLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

Board Development Committee Michael A. DonatoPeter HamiltonLynn HaskinLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chairNancy BurdEllen FosterElizabeth GemmillSteve HeumannMartin RosenthalHarvey Swedloff

Personnel CommitteeEllen P. Foster, chairDavid Fryman Elizabeth GemmillCharles RoseLee van de Velde

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chairJames KronzerRichard MaimonJohn McCawleyPaul ThaisChris van de Velde

Institutional Giving CommitteeMichael A. DonatoDavid FrymanElizabeth GemmillCarole Haas GravagnoJoanne HarmelinJohn McCawleyHether Smith

Individual Giving CommitteeVirginia Kimmel, chairCharles Rose, chairSheryl BarGiséle BathishJohn BitmanChip CapelliJoy L. De JesúsTerry GraboyesWendy GreenfieldLynn HaskinSteve HeumannNancy HirsigJill KaplanEric and Winnie LienPeggy MorganRichard QuinnSteven SegalHarvey SwedloffRosalyn and Steve WeinsteinDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

Education Committee Sheryl BarMarla DiamondDr. Dennis W. CreedonDr. Carol DombJacqueline MatusowDr. Douglas OvertoomIlene PosesSally Wojcik

StaffArtisticProducing Artistic Director ........................................................................................................................Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward SobelAssociate Producer ...................................................................................................................................... Matthew DeckerArtistic Assistant ........................................................................................................................................................ Erin ReadLiterary Consultant ............................................................................................................................................Dennis SmealArtistic Interns ................................................................................................Nathan Gabriel, David Mackay, John Schultz

Administrative ManagementManaging Director .......................................................................................................................................... Amy L. MurphyGeneral Manager .................................................................................................................................................. Jennifer PeckBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker MartinAssociate General Manager ........................................................................................................................Mary Beth SimonArden Professional Apprentices ............................................... Tara Demmy, Rob Heller, Bryan Kerr, Shanna Tedeschi,

Harry Watermeirer, Andrew Wojtek Arden Volunteer ................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz

MarketingDirector of Marketing and Public Relations ........................................................................................................ Gigi LammArt Director .......................................................................................................................................................... Kristy GiballaMarketing and Public Relations Manager ................................................................................................ Leigh GoldenbergMarketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael ReedGroup Sales Associate ............................................................................................................................................Nanci CopeMarketing Intern ............................................................................................................................... Janeale Gottlieb-George

DevelopmentDevelopment Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRossDirector of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica CalterManager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah SextonDevelopment Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Megan StaplesDevelopment Intern ...................................................................................................................................... William Connell

EducationEducation Director ............................................................................................................................ Maureen Mullin FowlerArden Drama School Coordinator .................................................................................................. Joanna Mongelli SmithEducation Intern ...................................................................................................................................................Dani LencioniArden Drama School Faculty..................... . Kala Moses Baxter, Alex Bechtel, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios

Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Alex Keiper, Matt Lorenz,Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Hillary Rea, Jacqueline Real,

Alison Roberts, Ryan Touhy, Anneliese Van ArsdaleArden For All Teaching Artists..................... ........................ Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios,

Steve Gravelle, Delanté Keys, Courtney Spiker Martin, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Davy Raphaely,

Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Jane Stojak, David SweenyFront of HouseBox Office Manager ................................................................................................................................................... Lynn KeilyAssistant Box Office Manager ......................................................................................................................... Corey MassonBox Office Assistants ............................................Michael Durkin, Carla Emanuele, Mark Kennedy, Elisabeth Kersey,

Monica Obaga, Fred Ott, James Yandoli

ProductionProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ........................................................................................................................................... Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ................................................................................................................. Jessica Day WestAssistant Technical Director ......................................................................................................................... Will LambrakosMaster Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor ....................................................................................................................................... Alison RobertsProperties Master ...................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwenCharge Scenic Artist ................................................................................................................................. Kristina ChadwickProduction Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr.Production Stage Managers ......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. HanleyAssistant to the Stage Manager .......................................................................................................................... Rob HellerAssistant to the Lighting Designer .......................................................................................................... Charles DabeziesAudio Engineer ................................................................................................................................................. Austen BrownCostume Interns ............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina YeccoDialect Coach ..................................................................................................................................................... Lynne InnerstTailor ......................................................................................................................................................................... Ed DawsonStitchers ........................................................................................................................................... Rachel Forn, Carla Irwin

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BISTRO ROMANO 120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.comThis Historic Landmark, nestled in an 18th century granary, will stimulate your senses with an ambiance of candlelight and casual elegance while creating an unforgettable dining experience. Wine Spectator Award for our wine list! Voted a “Best of Philly” Restaurant, guests enjoy Bistro Romano’s acclaimed Regional Italian Cuisine and rave of the award-winning Caesar Salad prepared tableside and the romantic underground wine cellar for two. Please call for Wine Cellar reservations. We invite you to visit our restaurant and find out first hand what keeps our guests coming back for 22 years.

BISTRO 7 7 N. 3rd St. 215.931.1560 • www.bistro7restaurant.comBistro 7 is a small, elegant, food-first BYOB owned and operated by Chef Michael O’Halloran. Relying on a network of local organic farmers, Bistro 7 offers a contemporary take on the classic French bistro.

CAMPO’S 214 Market St. 215.923.1000 • www.camposdeli.comA legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restaurant has been churning out delicious sandwiches since 1947. Order any of the special soups, salads, and sandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

COSI 325 Chestnut Street 215.399.0214 • www.getcosi.comOur look and feel was first inspired by a small Parisian café—a warm inviting spot where people liked to go for coffee, spend time with the community, and of course, enjoy a great sandwich. There is an immediate connection with Cosi that so many feel when they first walk in the door. You’re surrounded by a sophisticated, modern and warm atmosphere complete with interesting music from around the world, inviting you to relax and savor the innovative flavors.

DELICATESSEN 703 Chestnut St. 215.923.4560 • www.Delicatessenphilly.comDelicatessen, Philadelphia’s first Modern Jewish delicatessen, serves traditional delicatessen favorites with a twist, seven days a week. Join us for Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch any day of the week or for Dinner (BYOB), served Wednesday through Saturday which features updated comfort food classics like Pastrami Mac & Cheese and Chanukah salmon, with a Latke Crust. Conveniently located at 7th and Chestnut, Delicatessen is perfect for the whole family, before or after the theatre. Delicatessen offers both On-Site and Off-Site Catering, Eat-in, Take-out and Delivery.

FORK and FORK:ETC 306 Market St. 215.625.9425 • www.forkrestaurant.comFork continues to set the standard for New American bistro dining. Chef Terence Feury’s fresh, seasonal cuisine reflects his passion for artisanal and local foods from home made pastas to house smoked pork chops. Part of Fork’s allure is its sophisticated beautiful interior, where the dining experience is anything but

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

FRANKLIN FOUNTAIN 116 Market St. 215.627.1899 • www.franklinfountain.comThe Franklin Fountain invites you to visit our Ice Cream Saloon, located in Old City, Philadelphia. Taste our bedazzling array of house-made ice creams, consisting of the finest ingredients produced by nature. Our dairy arrives from the rolling hills of Berks County, where pasture-fed cattle graze freely. See, on elegant display, a full spectrum of twenty-seven varieties of soda syrups, which we stir into a cascad-ing stream of sparkling water, sprung from the oldest functioning soda fountain in the United States, circa 1905. Chatter amiably with friends and family under our pressed-tin canopy, or gaze lovingly with a date at our century-old marble counters. Our ambiance is old-fashioned, diplomatic, and awash in lively rag-time & jazz music.

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With this season’s forthcoming Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts (on stage March 3 - April 3), Arden’s Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel makes his Philadelphia directorial debut. Formerly Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Sobel oversaw the development of more than 40 new plays including Letts’ Pultizer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County. Sobel was also the dramaturg for August: Osage County and Superior Donuts’ Broadway runs.

GL: You have a strong connection to Tracy Letts’ work. What do you find are the most compelling aspects of his plays?

ES: In addition to being a truly excellent writer, Tracy is also a first-rate actor. So he writes fantastic characters that are just catnip for skilled performers. The people of his plays are always deeply contradictory in dramatic, interesting and often hilarious ways. They are admirable but also flawed; they can be cruel but also act with incredible compassion. They sometimes behave really badly, but they also are trying really hard to do the right thing as they understand it.

Tracy also has great command of theatricality and craft. He understands how to shape a scene, how to build tension and create a rising action. The family dinner scene in the second act of August: Osage County is as skillful a piece of dramatic architecture as we are likely to see in our generation, and there are scenes in Superior Donuts, while more subtle, that are equally well constructed.

GL: What are the most advantageous aspects of being so familiar with Superior Donuts?

ES: Having worked with Tracy on the play since its inception, I have some idea about what is important to him in it. I’ve also had the benefit of being intimately involved with two incarnations. It’s kind of a ridiculous luxury to be able to Monday morning quarterback the productions in Chicago and New York. So I’m trying to take advantage of that knowledge and do some things differently.

GL: On a broad note, Superior Donuts is a comedy about what it means to be an American. Can you talk about Letts’ use of humor to address this current cultural debate?

ES: One of the great things about humor in the theater is it serves to make a connection between the people in the audience and the people they see represented on stage. It touches on our common humanity and is a reminder of how much we share. Ultimately, this play is questioning whether we as a country can appreciate our differences and truly live up to our promise. The humor in the play both helps that happen, and also undercuts any pretentiousness around the ideas.

GL: Although set in Chicago, Superior Donuts’ story is extremely relevant to our city. What do you hope this production will convey to Philadelphia audiences?

ES: At least in part, this play is about neighborhood. This is a play, like Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, that achieves a kind of universality through its specificity. So whether we are in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire or Uptown in Chicago, the authenticity of the characters, of their aspirations and challenges, is something we can all understand. The play is also, at least in part, about neighborhood and community. And that is something Chicago and Philadelphia definitely have in common–they are cities that have the real feel of their roots, and of being made up of smaller units with very distinct qualities. I mean, you can walk North to South in Philadelphia, and in a half hour with your eyes closed, just by listening and breathing the air, travel through what seems like a number of different countries. The play is looking at what happens when that texture and vibrancy becomes endangered by “progress” and how the people in those individual neighborhoods have responsibility to connect and take joy in each other.

Dollars to Donuts: A Conversation with Edward SobelBy Gigi Lamm, Director of Marketing and Public Relations

James William Ijames (Romeo and Juliet, 2009/10) will star in Superior Donuts.

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