Great expectations Stagebill

Oct 23 - Dec 14

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Based on the book by Charles DiCkens adapted by Gale ChilDs Daly

Directed by Matthew DeCker

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Oct 23 - Dec 14, 2014Arcadia Stage

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Adapted by GALE CHILDS DALYFrom the book by CHARLES DICKENS

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

Directed by MATTHEW DECKER

Scenic Designer

TIMOTHY R. MACKABEE+

Lighting Designer

THOM WEAVER+

Assistant Director

LIAM CASTELLAN

Costume Designer

OLIVERA GAJIC+

Sound Designer

RICK SIMS

Choreographer

SCOTT MCPHEETERS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Stage Manager

KATE NELSON*

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Michael Hollinger’s Under the Skin tells the story of a man who needs a kidney. Developing this show has sparked some interesting conversations about kidney donation. Would you give up your kidney for a parent? For your child? For a sibling? For all of your siblings? For a stranger? Below are three stories of people who answered yes to someone.

Under the Skin

On stage January 15 -

March 15

Biko Eisen-Martin Julianna ZinkleCraig SpidleAlice M. Gatling

The cast of Under the Skin:

UP NEXT ON THE ARDEN STAGE:

I found John, my Mr. Right, when I was forty-six. He had end-stage kidney disease. John’s nephrolo-gist suggested I become a living donor. No way, I thought, this medical malpractice lawyer was not volunteering for unnecessary surgery. John became more ill; he was ashen. I changed my mind. I saw John just after my kidney was implanted; his skin was, miraculously, already pink. Giving John my kidney was the best thing I have ever done. I had given new life to someone I already loved. —Joan Saltzman. author of Mr. Right and My Left Kidney

One Sunday I read a plea for help in our parish bulletin, a request from a young woman, Christine, for a kidney. After reading the letter and finding that I met the initial criteria, I leaned over to my husband and said, “I can do this.” My family and I met with the transplant coordinator and began the testing. After those meetings, our children gave us their blessing. It was a family gift to a person in need. At this point I still had not met my recipient. I decided to remain anonymous.The surgery went very well and a month later I was asked to talk to a potential donor. After listening to the woman talk about donating to her friend, I felt something missing in our experience and I e-mailed Christine, my recipient. We met on Mother’s Day, two months after our surgery. We developed an immediate and very close relationship, one that defies explanation. We are closer than friends are, different from family. My life was transformed by this awesome experience. —Marie Manley, a Transplant Assistant at Lankenau Hospital

In 2010, I was going to donate my kidney to my husband. My antibodies weren’t quite a match, but they were a perfect match for a young man on the registry. A doctor at Georgetown in DC presented an idea of doing a huge swap. 32 of us—16 donors and 16 recipients—would participate. I would give a kidney and my husband would get a kidney, it just wouldn’t be mine. We didn’t know who was getting our kidneys until after the surgery. My kidney went to a young black man who had been born with just one kidney. His mother took part in the share and her kidney went to a 69 year old engineer of Indian decent. To see the diversity of ages and nationalities participating in this share was a moving experience; it was made possible because of a group of people determined to donate the gift of life to help a loved one, a friend or someone in need. —Patsy Semple, Kidney Donor and Advocate

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A 2014 recipient of the prestigious Horton Foote Award for excellence in American theater, THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN is a new play by Dan O’Brien recounting his personal journey to write a play about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Paul Watson. Told in strikingly theatrical fashion, THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN breaks boundaries of convention in both content and form.

Amanda Morton, Director of Drama SchoolJose Aviles, Director of Education Outreach

It has been a thrilling first year in the Hamilton Family Arts Center, which – among many developments – provides a permanent home for Arden Drama School. With that in mind, we’re so excited to welcome Jose Aviles and Amanda Morton to our Education Department. Both bring a wide breadth of expertise as educators and artists, and will contribute to the ongoing cultivation of the Hamilton Family Arts Center as a hub for artistic

process that celebrates kids and invests in the vitality of the community. Jose Aviles has been a Philadelphia-based theatre arts educator, administrator, and artist for over 20 years. He most recently was the Director of Education at Taller Puertorriqueño, and was an integral part of the education teams at the Wilma and Walnut Street Theatre. In his words: “I’m grateful for the opportunity to pursue one of my lifelong missions and beliefs that by connecting children to their cultural identity using the arts and the power of stories. It will ultimately empower, enhance engagement in learning, and connect them to world at large.” Amanda joins us “officially” after having spent the past year with the Arden as Teaching Artist. As a Music Director, you may have seen her as the Piano-Conductor of Parade. For Arden Drama School, she specialized in musical theatre technique for 9th through 12th graders, and helped cultivate our Teen Arden program. In her words: “My dream is to make the Hamilton Family Arts Center into ‘Hogwarts for Theatre.’ I’m looking forward to meeting and developing the community of parents, students, and teachers who have contributed to making the Arden Drama School program so unique and joyful. It is an honor to be tasked with filling a building that holds so much potential and good energy.” We look forward to an exciting season, and hope you’ll join us in welcoming new members of the Arden family!

Meet Our New Education Department

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Every regional theatre needs a mission statement, a reason for being. Back in 1988, faced with the daunting prospect of drafting the Arden’s mission, we studied those of other leading theatres from across the country. We were especially drawn to Arena Stage’s mission, which stated that it was a theatre dedicated to “great plays by great playwrights.” We liked that this mission acknowledged a commitment to a broad range of work. So we stole it. Yet we made one very significant change. Since we knew that literary adaptations would be a cornerstone of our work, we revised the wording to state that the

Arden would be dedicated to “great stories by great storytellers.” And since that time, from Dostoevsky to Dr. Seuss, great stories and novels have moved across our stage. When we announced that we were doing Great Expectations, a surprising number of people told me that was one of their favorite books, including Michael Norris, a long-time friend, former Arden staff member, and a leader in our cultural community. When I asked Michael why, he replied thusly:

Michael is a great man, and I am deeply moved by the notion that Charles Dickens’ novel, written a century before young Michael picked it up, had such a profound impact on who he is today. That is the power of a great story: they stay with us, reminding us of who we are, and who we want to be. The Arden is dedicated to bringing to the stage great stories by great storytellers. Twenty-six years later, this idea still guides us. We may not have known much about mission statements when we first started the Arden, but we knew exactly what we wanted to do.

Terrence J. Nolen

It’s a book about a boy that I read when I was a boy and full of all the hope and mystery of what the future held in store for me. Once I had plunged into Great Expectations it totally consumed me, not just because Pip’s journey was something I could imagine for myself but because all the characters are so indelibly drawn and fascinatingly human. Reading Great Expectations forever killed any hints of misanthropy I had blossoming inside my boy’s heart. And for that I am eternally thankful since I know my life has been richer because I’ve been able to accept the scars and quirks and baggage and secrets we all carry inside us.

Cast of Characters

Pip ...................................................................................................... Josh Carpenter*

Narrator 1 (Magwitch, Uncle Pumblechook, Mr. Jaggers, et al) ........................Brian McCann

Narrator 2 (Mr. Wopsle, Herbert Pocket, et al) .......................................................Doug Hara*

Narrator 3 (Mrs. Joe, Miss Havisham, et al) ........................................................ Sally Mercer*

Narrator 4 (Compeyson, Estella, Biddy, et al) ............................................... Kate Czajkowski*

Narrator 5 (Joe, Mr. Wemmick, Bentley Drummle, et al) ................................Lindsay Smiling*

TIME:1812 - 1840

PLACE:The county of Kent, EnglandThe city of London, England

UNDERSTUDIES: Rachel Brodeur (Narrator 4), Dan Higbee (Narrator 1), James Kern (Pip),

Sarah Schol (Narrator 3), Bren Thomas (Narrator 5), Harry Watermeier (Narrator 2)

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DIRECTOR’S Notes

Matthew Decker

Charles Dickens was a man of the theatre. As a young boy he formed a theatrical troupe with his classmates; at the age of 25 he joined the Garrick Club, a London private member’s fraternity founded so that “actors and men of refinement could meet on equal terms”, and he held lasting friendships with many theatre artists. Throughout his life Dickens loved to visit circuses and melodrama houses and his periodical writings often included stories of actors, waxworks, freak shows, fairies and clowns.

Before his writing gained attention, Dickens originally wanted to be an actor. Had it not been for a headcold on the morning of a scheduled audition at the Covent Garden theater in the early 1830’s, he may have made a career on the stage. His novels, though, are full of the theatre people that he met and observed: the theatrical troupe lead by Mr. Crummels in Nicholas Nickleby, the lisping circus proprietor Mr. Sleary in Hard Times, and – of course – Mr. Wopsle, the church clerk-turned- aspiring actor in Great Expectations who delivers quite the memorable performance as the Prince of Denmark.

Even as a full-time novelist, Dickens never entirely left performance behind. Between 1853 and 1870, he did celebrated readings from his books – including a sold-out stop in Philadelphia in 1868 at The Concert Hall, then located at 12th and Chestnut Streets. Though it was a bitter January night with 18 degree cold, fans camped outside the theatre the night before tickets went on sale, and all six performances sold out in four hours. Dickens set his stage very carefully, with a dark-wine colored reading stand and white kid gloves, and annotated his “scripts” with dramatic stage directions. With his readings priced so low that the working class man and woman could attend, Dickens worked through a repertoire of 16 excerpts from his novels. This included an intense rendering of the murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist that was so ferocious and horrifying that his friend and biographer John Forster begged him to remove it from his rotation, for fear he might kill himself with the effort.

The strong theatrical spine of Dickens’ stories allow his novels to transfer to the stage with great ease, and – as in Gale Childs Daly’s adaptation of Great Expectations – with verve and gusto. His characters play so beautifully on the stage because they are so indelibly drawn on the page. With 6 actors playing 40 characters traveling to over 20 locations, I think this production carries a level of theatricality that Dickens would have appreciated. Perhaps he would have had the urge to jump onstage and join in.

Thank you for coming.

Who’s WhoJOSH CARPENTER (Pip) Arden: Brother Felix in Incorruptible. Regional: Mourning Becomes Electra, Hamlet in Hamlet, She Stoops to Conquer, Iago in Othello, The Seagull, The Venetian Twins, The Importance of Being Earnest, Henry V in Henry V (Quintessence Theatre Group); Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Theater at Monmouth); The 39 Steps (GTA Southern Stage); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice, The Cherry Orchard (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (American Shakespeare Center). Training: Northwestern University. Thanks to my family and friends, and everyone at the Arden. www.joshcarpenter.net

kATE CzAJkOWSkI (Narrator - Estella) Arden debut. Regional: Eva in The Adults (FringeArts, New Para-dise Laboratories); Cressida in Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, Nora in Assistance, Harper in Angels in America: Parts I and II, Rachelka/Marianna in Our Class, and Sabrina Daldry in In the Next Room (Or the Vibra-tor Play) (The Wilma Theater); Marina in Pericles (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Sissy Hanksaw in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and Elizabeth in Persuasion (Book-It Rep.); Annamae Dickie in Louis Slotin Sonata (Empty Space); Claire in Proof (Tacoma Actors Guild); and Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (Montana Rep). Training: MFA from Temple University. Thanks for Mom and Pop.

DOUg HARA (Narrator - Herbert) Arden: The Cat in the Hat, Pinocchio, Cyrano, Threepenny Opera, Something Intangible, Sleeping Beauty, Go Dog Go, Lookingglass Alice, and A Prayer for Owen Meany. Broadway: The Boys of Winter and Metamorphoses. Regional: Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Jellyeye Drum Opera, Huntington Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and The Joyce Theatre. Doug is an ensemble member of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has participated in over 20 productions. Doug’s work is dedicated with love to his family and friends.

bRIAN MCCANN (Narrator - Magwitch) Arden debut. Regional: Antonio/Eglamour in Two Gentleman of Ve-rona (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); Shrewsbury in Mary Stuart (Philadelphia Artist Collective); Larry in North of the Boulevard (Theatre Exile); The Butler in To Fool the Eye (1812 Productions); Larry in Pookie Goes Grenading (Azuka Theatre). Brian sends much love to his family and friends, without who’s support he would be lost. “Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron, or gold, or thorns or flowers, that never would have bound you, but for the formation of the first link.”

SALLy MERCER (Narrator - Miss Havisham) Arden: Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, Sonia in Some-thing Intangible, Modron in Sleeping Beauty, Ensemble in The Boxcar Children, Ma in The Grapes of Wrath. Regional: Elizabeth in Richard III, Margrethe in Copenhagen (Lantern Theatre Company); Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival).

LINDSAy SMILINg (Narrator - Joe Gargery) Delighted to be making his Arden debut! Off-Broadway: Treasure Island (Golden Rivet Productions). Regional: The Learned Ladies, Measure for Measure, Othello (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq, Macbeth (The Wilma Theater); Macbeth/Failure: A Love Story, Comedy of Errors (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); North of the Boulevard (Theatre Exile); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Syracuse Stage); Beautiful Boy (People’s Light & Theatre Company); Othello (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), As You Like It (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Superior Donuts (Dorset Theater Festival); Charlotte’s Web (Two River Theater). Training: Illinois State University (BS), Temple University (MFA). www.lindsaysmiling.net

gALE CHILDS DALy (Playwright) has been a playwright, director, teacher and actor in the theatre for many years. A gradu-ate of the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now DePaul University), Daly has worked at the Goodman Theatre, the Alley Theatre, the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, among others. As a playwright, she has adapted The Secret Garden, The Story of Opal and The Lament for Ignacio Sanchez. Some of Daly’s directing credits include The Government Inspector, Julius Caesar and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. As an actor, she has enjoyed playing such roles as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Goneril in King Lear and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible. Daly is a freelance director, teacher and text coach in the Midwest. She is married to actor Jonathan Gillard Daly and has two children. Currently, she lives in Milwaukee.

CHARLES DICkENS (Author) was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsmouth, in England. The second of eight children, Dickens was pulled out of school at the age of twelve and forced to work at a local factory. In his early twenties he began to publish stories about London life in various periodicals, but it wasn’t until the publication of The Pickwick Papers in 1836 that he became well known. Dickens is now considered the most successful British author of the Victorian Age, having written such masterpieces as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. He died in 1870.

MATTHEW DECkER (Director) Arden: Incorruptible, Pinocchio, Robin Hood. Matthew is the Associate Artistic Director of the Arden and Co-Founder and Resident Director of Theatre Horizon, where his credits include Circle Mirror Transformation (Barrymore Nomination), Spring Awakening, Kimberly Akimbo, Fat Pig, and …Spelling Bee (Barrymore Award). Other credits include Philly Fringe, InterAct, PTC@Play, Villanova University, and the Consortium for the Arts. Matthew has developed Theatre Horizon’s Autism Drama Program and teaches with Arden Drama School and Arden for All. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company. Upcoming: Into the Woods (Theatre Horizon), A New Brain (11th Hour) and the world premiere of The Jungle Book (Arden).

TIMOTHy R. MACkAbEE (Scenic Designer) Arden debut. Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper); Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (directed by Spike Lee). Off-Broadway: Heathers: The Musical; Luce (Lincoln Center Theater); Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theater); Our New Girl (Atlantic Theater Company). Regional: Amadeus (Center Stage); The Odd Couple (Dal-las Theater Center); Chinglish (Portland Center Stage/Syracuse Stage); Rough Crossing (Yale Repertory Theatre); Fairfield (Cleve-land Play House); American Hero (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Film/television: NBC’s Smash, The Today Show, Football Night in America. Training: North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA), Yale School of Drama (MFA). Upcoming: The Band’s Visit (directed by Hal Prince). timothymackabeedesign.com

OLIVERA gAJIC (Costume Designer) Arden: Three Sisters, The Flea and the Professor; Off Broadway: God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre); Regional: Chekhov Lizardbrain, Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Pig Iron), Jedermann/Everyman (Salzburg Festival), Ivanov, Uncle Vanja, Platonov, Seagull (Lake Lucille). Olivera designs extensively for the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Juilliard School. She has been part of the US National Exhibit at the 2004&2007 Prague Quadrennial and Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance. Olivera is 2004 recipient of the NEA/TCG CDP for Designers, recipient of 2010 IT Award for Outstanding Costume Design, recipient of TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award 2010 and 2012 Barrymore Award for Out-standing Costume Design for Pig Iron Theatre Company’s Twelfth Night.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 15 total productions including La Bête, Parade, Next to Normal, A Little Night Music, and Stick Fly; Regional: The Wilma Theater, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Lantern Theater Company, Walnut Street Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, The Curtis Institute of Music, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is Artistic Director. Other credits: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Children’s Theatre Company. 2 Barrymores, 18-time nominee, 3-time Helen Hayes nominee, and the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

RICk SIMS (Sound Designer) Arden: The Cat in the Hat. Regional: Icarus at the Getty, Hephaustus (Jeff Award Winner) (Lookingglass); Gary (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Brothers of the Dust, Bulrusher (BTAA Award Winner) (Congo Square Theatre Company); nu-merous works at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, Chicago Children’s Theatre, The Hypocrites, The House Theatre of Chicago, Court Theatre, American Theater Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Raven Theatre, Steep, Northlight, and About Face Theatre. Ricker is an artistic associate at Lookingglass Theatre Company and an associate designer with Aria Music Designs. Rick also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Hillbilly Antigone (Lookingglass).

SCOTT MCPHEETERS (Choreographer) Arden debut. Regional: Andy: A Popera (Bearded Ladies Cabaret), Aladdin and Other Enchant-ing Tales (Enchantment Theatre Company). Scott is a company member of Subscribe and performs regularly with Nicole Canuso Dance Company. Training: BA in Theatre Arts with a Dance Emphasis from Dickinson College. Special thanks to Sally Ollove, Amanda Morton, John Jarboe, Matt Decker, and Niki Cousineau.

NEILL HARTLEy (Dialect Coach) Arden: Parade, Next to Normal, Tulipomania, August: Osage County, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Sunday in the Park with George, Something Intangible. Neill is on the theater faculty at the University of the Arts and has been a speech/dialect coach for several professional productions. He has acted with many companies including the Arden, InterAct Theatre Company,

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People’s Light & Theatre Company and Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. He has six one-man shows that he presents, is in many voice-overs, commercials and films, and has a recurring role on the Netflix show House of Cards. He is the Artistic Director for Acting Without Boundaries, a theater company for physically disabled performers and he has directed for many local colleges and theaters.

LIAM CASTELLAN (Assistant Director) Arden: A Year with Frog and Toad. Regional directing credits: Communicating Doors, Corpse! (Hedgerow Theatre Company); Traveling Light (FringeArts: Neighborhood Fringe, Liam’s Sofa Cushion Fortress); Titus Andronicus (Plays & Players); What the Butler Saw (Curio Theatre Company). Acting credits: Jaggers/Orlick/Bentley Drummle/Ensemble in Great Expectations (Curio Theatre Company). Training: Northwestern University (BS). Member of Curio Theatre Company since 2006. www.liamcastellan.com

kATE NELSON (Stage Manager) Arden: Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Parade, Ghost-Writer. Regional: Becky Shaw; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Montgomery Theater); Cinderella, Six Characters in Search of an Author (People’s Light and Theatre Com-pany). Many thanks to this outstanding crew, cast, and Matt.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County; Death of a Salesman; The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Next to Normal; Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Violet; and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 24 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins; and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

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

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANy Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people, and our Arden Arts Education Fund provides scholarships for Arden Drama School classes and camps. In 2013, we opened the Hamilton Family Arts Center. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 58 awards and 276 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Com-pany” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden participates in The Barrymore Awards, a program of Theatre Philadelphia.

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$750 to $2,499Actors’ Equity FoundationArronson FoundationBluestone FoundationDrumcliff FoundationEthel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial FundGraboyes Commercial Window CompanyThe Hassel FoundationPhiladelphia Convention and Visitor’s BureauUnion Benevolent AssociationVisit Philadelphia

$749 and underCafé Excellence+Free Tours by FootGreen Mountain Energy CompanyMarc Hammarberg GroupMoore Brothers Wine Company+Philadelphia Parking AuthorityP’unk AvenueUberWHYYWilliam Goldman Foundation

+denotes gifts of services or goods

Looking for a business tax break in 2015?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: Mimi Meserve at 215.922.8900 x26 or [email protected]/support/eitc.html Special thanks to EITC contributors ACE Group, Comcast Corporation, Lincoln Financial Foundation, PECO, Susquehanna Bank, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, and Universal Health Services, Inc.

Sassafras grove($10,000 and Above)Mr. Frederick W. Anton, IIIThe CHG Charitable TrustMr. and Mrs. N. Peter HamiltonHirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia FoundationAnn Marie and Terry Horner^^Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C. Haas

Cherry grove($5,000-$9,999)AnonymousAnn DieboldMarie and Joseph Field Ms. Elizabeth GemmillVirginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation^^Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development FundCharles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^Monica and Philip RosenthalLee and Christopher van de VeldeRosalyn and Stephen WeinsteinTed and Stevie WolfJune and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation

Filbert grove($2,500-$4,999)AnonymousJohn Alchin and Hal MarryattCarol and Tom BeamLois G. Brodsky Susan and John ColemanAnne M. CongdonRobert M. DeverBob and Nancy ElfantStephen J. Falchek and John A. Offidani, IIISandi Foxx-JonesLinda and David GlicksteinEileen Heisman and Martin Tuzman+Drs. Paula and Thomas J. HumphriesLeslie and Barbara KaplanSandra and Peter KlugmanWilliam A. LoebDrs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama^^Peggy and Steve MorganKeith and Jim StrawEllen Yin+

Mulberry grove($1,000-$2,499)AnonymousBrian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland

Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. and Iris MelendezAlex Alexander and Kathryn DoyleBrett and Nan AltmanStan and Lisa AltmanPeggy AndersonBethany AsplundhJanet and Jim AverillSally and Michael Bailin^Rhonda BallSheryl and Allen BarIvy BayardSandy and Mickey BernsteinMarilyn and Robert BirnhakJohn Bitman^Reggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’Neill Louis BluverPhilip and Elaine BobroveJean G. BodinePatricia BowmanAlmut F. BreazealeDeDe and Tony BrownNancy BurdCheryl and Bob CarfagnoChristina Clay, MDPriscilla and John ClementGlenna Crooks, Ph.D.Marta Dabezies, in honor of Lisa BurnsJoy De Jesús and Jamie ReynoldsDorothy DelbuenoTobey and Mark DichterMarie DoonerMichael A. Donato and Edward C. SpelmanShafiq EbrahimSteven Engelmyer and Lisa WershawJane and Wally EvansJames R. Fairburn and David A. WickardShannon and Edward FarmerJeanne FisherEllen and Tim Foster^Michael and Rawan FrielDavid and Christina Fryman*Andrea and Reed GelzerTerry GraboyesJoel Greenberg and Marcy GringlasMichael Golden and Susan Jacobson*Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. GreenfieldMaryJane and David HackneyRonna and Robert HallMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon Haskin and Lynn Martin HaskinJanis R. Hawes and Patrick M. CunninghamCarolyn and James HessingerJane and Steve HeumannKaren and Mark Hite

Patricia and Dr. David Holtz*Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererKit KineefHolly KinserJosephine KleinEve and Kenneth KlothenSharon and Joel KoppelmanBeth and Bill LandmanPeter and Emilie Lapham Winnie and Eric LienRichard Maimon and Susan SegalTina MancoGloria and Dan MarianoJean MarkovitzJackie and David MassariLee Marks and Lisl ZachBarbara and Don MathesonJohn and Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel and George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasJerome Napson, in honor of Annie RichardsonTerrence J. Nolen and Amy L. MurphyMichael Norris and Matt VarratoDorothy R. Novick and Peter N. KenneyThomas Petro and Kristine MessnerDr. and Mrs. Joel PorterKaren and David PresselAnn and Frank Reed, through the Malfer FoundationMary-Ann and Kurt ReissCintra and Franklyn RodgersSidney Rosenblatt Phyllis and Martin RosenthalMike Salmanson, Tobi Zemsky and familyKathleen SernakSusan and Steven M. ShubertLaura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob ElfantHether, Don and Sarah SmithRichard and Amanda Smoot Anne SpeyerMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsKathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationAdelaide Sugarman and Marshall GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffRuss Troyer and Anne CookSally Walker and Tom GilmoreRichard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto WoosnamHope Yursa

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 genvieve goldstein, Manager of Individual giving at 215-922-8900 x49 or [email protected].

**denotes deceased supporters* denotes gifts made through the United Way +denotes gifts of services or goods^în support of Arden for All încludes a matching gift

The Sylvan Society recognizes individuals who support the Arden’s work by making annual gifts of $1,000 or more.

**denotes deceased supporters* denotes gifts made through the United Way +denotes gifts of services or goods^în support of Arden for All încludes a matching gift

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

Anonymous Peter Gistelinck and Kim BloomPeggy Anderson James and Suzanne Hill Stanley D. Baurys* Mary Ellen Krober Jane Berryman William A. Loeb Louis Bluver Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Mary P. Burr Madeline Portnoy Pearl Carpel Dr. Harry Rosenthal Larry S. Friedman and Dean H. Rishel Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Ellis K. Ginsberg* 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 genvieve goldstein, Manager of Individual giving at 215-922-8900 ext. 49.

*denotes deceased supporter

$500-$999Temmy ActonJudy Auritt KleinBill Beckett and Jo WhiteSheila BellSara and Michael ChernoffWarren CrownWilliam Edwards*Carolyn N. and Joseph M. Evans, Jr.Carole M. Foley*Paula Fuchsberg^Charles GearGary GoldsteinGlenna HulsJacqueline JeffersonBarbara and Jerry KaplanMargie and Scott KasnerBarbara and Leonard KlinghofferEdward L. Lee Jr.David LermanPat and Jim LobbFrank and Sally MalloryDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoEllen and Michael MulroneyCeth and Sam PlumPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterMarilyn Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie*Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelRobert and Karen SharrarGayle SmithJames L. SmithStanton and SaraKay SmullensBarbara and Mike SorokerHarold and Emily StarrPaul L. StoneEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonDorothy Tomassini and Barry BrennerDr. and Mrs. Stephen G. VassoNina Robinson Vitow

Thomas and Patricia West VernonMatthew A. White*Mrs. Thomas A. WilliamsNancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta HamiltonTom and Jackie Zemaitis

$250-$499AnonymousCarol and Bennett AaronHoward AaronsonJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsLynda and Murray BattlemanStanley Baurys Estate GiftRon and Joyce BayerRichard and Joan BehrNancy and David Bergman, in memory of Joan ZeidnerPeter and Lynne BermanBarry and Marilyn BevacquaAlden and Linda BlythJanice and Roger BoeMarlin G. Brown*Chip CapelliPearl M. CarpelCaroline CastagnoNelly and Scott ChildressPaul Coff and Susan OdesseyElliot and Carole ColeJames Crawford and Judith DeanMary Ann Dailey and Jacob DaileyMelanie DavisThomas and Eileen DavisBeverly DotterKathy and Jerry DrewHarold T. and Kathy W. EppsLeonard and Helen EvelevAnne EwersSuzanne FeldPaul and Judith Farber

Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanAnne FasslerSamuel and Helene FeinbergJames Feeney and Cynthia HeiningerLarry S. Friedman and Dean H. RishelDan GannonMark Garvin, in memory of Bob GallagherGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferBob and Jan GorenWilliam L. and Virginia A. GormleyBonnie Graham**Susan Greene and Kathleen SheridanMary C. HarbisonRon HermanHeidi HertfelderÂram and Jackie JerrehianMarge and Philip KalodnerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanAlan and Elaine KlawansChristina and Harold KleinSteven and Patricia King*Cydney, Kenneth, Hayden and Avery Kirschbaum and Kaela AustinBernadette Koller^Marilyn Kraut, in honor of Ronnie KleppertMary Ellen KroberJoan and Marc S. LapayowkerRichard Leff** and Lorraine LeffDavid and Deborah LesherWarren and Arline LiebermanDr. Edward Lundy and Debora ReiffLewis R. and Sue Ann MarburgMary Louise and Gerald MartinLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellGeorge and Judy McCarthyCheryl MeyerMadeline MillerDouglas and Fredaricka Moffitt

Thank you to our Supporters

Stephen and Janet MullinPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkMr. and Mrs. Gerald O’Neill^Laura Offutt and Steve FukuchiBarbara and Don ParmanJennifer PeckMary and F. Laurence PethickSandy and Sid PortnoyMary Jo ReillyAlice Reyes and David GlanceyJoy RickabaughGraham and Betsy Robb, in honor of Lee van de VeldeMark and Sharon RobbFaye and Daniel RossCarole M. R. and Irwin C. SaftKim and Ross SchmuckiAntoinette Farrar SeymourMarie and James P. ShewWilliam Sigmund and Vito IzzoHester SonderBarbara and Steven SpeeceArthur P. StaddonRoy and Corinne StahlRita StevensRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-StewartLinda and Keith ThomsonHelene and William VanhoevenHella and Lew VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingFred and Arleen WeinsteinM. Jane WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock

$125-$249AnonymousJanet and Roger AlwangDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsJennifer and Stephen ArmsRita AxelrodRev. Judith T. BeckLisa and Joseph BeckerSusan Becker and Aaron RubinJacob BelkinThomas H. BlackburnDr. and Mrs. Benjamin BlankDoris and Aaron BitmanAllen BonnerViola BosticMarcia BowerMary Pat and Thomas BoyleMichael P. BoyleEdward M. Broderick* Ann and David BrownleeDr. Bernard A. and Pamela B. BrownsteinJoseph T. Casey^Mary ChomitzSusan CookEllen Deacon and Ernest CuffMatthew DeckerEllen and Max Dooneief

Stuart DonaldsonEllen and Ray DoyleMarcia EisenbergBrynn EvansWilliam and Anne EwingMaureen Feeny-ByrnesMark and Rene FeitelsonRuth and Andre FerberBill Fisher*Lana and Ralph FishkinCarol FixmanDr. John and Elaine FrankMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FrankFran Freedman and Jon BlumÊllen and David FreemanMr. and Mrs. Aaron and Helen GelstineGreg GephartStan GibellMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergKathleen and Paul GoldenbergRose HaganMary and William HangleyLinda Hartnett and Richard WillisSue and Doug HeckrotteVirginia HeddenBetsy and Ted HershbergRichard and Barbara HirshMichael J. Hozik and Margaret L. ReaKerry HuntsmanPeter and Barbara HutcheonSarah C. JordanIra and Linda KatzRobert and Ellen KavashMargaret KellerJim Klein and Adeline R. SchultzSteven KnepperThomas KohnWalter Kraft and Deborah HungMarilyn KutlerBob and Mary LawlerRichard LeeRobert and Joyce LeonettiAlan and Susan LevinBob and Lynn LevittNatalie LevkovichCraig and Stephanie LewisDavid and Kim LipetzRobert and Laurel LipshutzPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinLeroy and Ruth LoewensternMrs. Grace MadeiraDr. Keith L. Magee, in honor of Richard Maimon and Susan SegalLynn and Joe MankoGlenda MarshallMary Ellen MarzulloJohn McCormick and Ken Schmitt^Kathy McMasterMarianne T. MillerPaul and Lee S. MillerMartin and Sandra MillerEllen Monsees

David and Laurel MostellerClaire MoyerTheodore and Theresa Munz Jr.Kenneth and Susan MyersBonnie and Eliot NiermanEtta and Chuck NissmanMarcia PaullinJohn and Judith PeakesBob and Leila PeckJulie PersilyValerie Brand Pipano and Tal PipanoIlene and Coleman PosesNancy PostJanet PothSherri and Abe ReichAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanCharlotte RoedeJane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFPAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerBernice and Jerry RubensteinAdelle RubinJoan and Bill SaidelGerald Satlow and Beth ZatuchniEric SbarLucille SchlackRobert and Karen SerenbetzKathleen and Richard SextonJoseph and Louise Shaffer^Polly ShafferA. Paul ShallersElaine L. ShermanCatharine ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversJeffrey and Laurel SilberLarry Smoose and Linda LeeIrene and Marvin SchumanKaren Schermerhorn and Evan SeymourBob and Harriet SingerDianne and Barry Sloane , Esq.John and Susan StedmanRuth P. and Norman StuessyCarol and Ronald StumpLorraine TojiHarold and Judith TorranceLisa TruckessJohn UrofskyDebbie and Tom WalkerEmily and Charles WagnerTom and Beth WarmsThomas WatkinsDonna and Andrew WechslerDr. and Mrs. Caroll WeinbergVivian WeinblattLeslie and Ellen WelsonTheresa WilliamsAnn WilkersonBertram and Lorle WolfsonBarbara C. WrightCarol and Jeff Yetter

$75-$124AnonymousBarbara Abrahams


*denotes deceased supporter

John and Becky AdamsEmily AikenNan AldersonJanet AndereckDavid ArdreyKristin BairMay and Ethan BallDr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlinP.E. BarrowayCarolyn and George BassettRobert Bauer and Sandy Clay BauerJocelyn BlockMaxine Blum and Samuel BobrowMyron and Sharon BlumbergHazel BowersCarrie and John Boxer*Frank BoyerJ. Joseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineJeanne and Arnold BrenmanCharles BrennanMr. and Mrs. Lawrence BrownLisa and Kenneth Brownstein, in honor of Ellen FosterMichael P. BuckleyCarol BuettgerCarole BurnsRobert J. ButeraFrancis and Mary CalterJessica CalterAnthony CampBarbara CarmineAndrew and Cara CaseNikki and Jack CavanaughLeah Chaplin and Eileen GildeaAlice A. ChittendenMonica ChoiSandra and Saul ClairAnnemarie Clarke and David BuchSharyn F. ClausonJennifer and Daniel CoffeyMs. Barbara E. CohenHoward CohenHelene and Steve CohenRabbi and Mrs. Henry CohenRick and Carol CollierJanet and Richard ConnJanet CookJohn CookeMs. Elizabeth P. CornmanSandra and James CorryCarol CorsonCharles J. CoyleBillie CoyneKaren CuzzolinoJoseph and Helen D’AngeloLaura DavisWilliam A. DavisAngelina and Michael DeAngelisNancy DeLuciaRita and Grace DenboStephanie and Seamus DevineyCarole and Marc DichterEllen and Gerald DiPinto

Ruby and Angela DowdBeverly DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamPatricia EamesDavid EleshLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy Epstein and James SteikerFred and Cindy FarlinoDena FeinbergAnnette and Nathan FieldRuth FischerArthur FischmanDeborah and Martin FishbeinJoan and Aron FisherLarry and Maureen Mullin FowlerMs. Judy FrankMichelle FreemanEileen and William GemmellJean GessalPeggy GloverMs. Joan GmitterDr. and Mrs. William GoldfarbBrian GoldsmithDavid and Lisa GoodmanCarrie GornDiane GraboyesPaul GreenRobin GreeneGladys GreenfieldAdele and Bertram GreenspunRichard GreensteinRick Greenstein and Claudia TesoroPriscilla GrosickMarsha Gross and Paul SiegelRachel GrossDr. and Mrs. Paul GuttermanBernadette and Edwin HaighJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertGail HauptfuhrerDouglas and Harriet HeathAngela and Michael HennesseyColin Hennessy and Dr. Jeremy CohenHerbert and Gayl HenzeSusan W. HerronTom and Wendy HibberdTerry HirshornKaren and Mark HiteMorton and Lois HoffmanDonna and Bill HowerErin HughesThomas K. HursterCharles JohnsonDr. Deborah Kahn and Mark FischerGail KassEllen KayeJodi KeferMarjorie Epps KennedyRobin Kerner and Eric WestonDavid KleinKen, Eva and Aaron KleinGregory Kleiber

Brian and Caren KirschnerAndrew Kite and Karl MartinMaris and Harold KobbEllen KopelandIna Li and Michael KostalMelvin KreinerMartha Platt and Marlis Kraft-ZemelJames KronzerBarry and Janet KushnerDavid LadovLinda L. LenardDr. Michael and Mrs. Phyllis LevySusan and Phil LipkinKaren LiskerDaniel and Linda LitwinS. Gerald and Arlene LitvinDonald and Nancy MaclayCirel and Howard MagenAndrew MaksymowychIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickMary and Jack MarkovMary MartelloDr. Rosalie G. MatzkinKelly McBrideAlice McCreary and David EplerCeleste McMenaminLisa McNicholHelen and Tom McNuttArthur and Sallie MelvinBernice MeyersJudith MontgomeryMartha MooreJoan NerenbergRosemary NewmanDori O’DeaShannon OscarLinda OslerStanton S. OswaldLarry PaceSandra PackelMichael L. and Judy PaulJane G. PepperBill PfeiferDonald and Carol PlankLois PlotnickJeff and Liz PodrazaPaul PolskyVivian and Richard PriceAvra and Harry PressmanWilliam and Linda Putnam EratLinda QuamAbi and Craig ReedLeslie RescorlaRachel ReynoldsAlyssa and Michael RickelsClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellJohn and Claire RodgersBernie and Camille RosenbergKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelJoan RozanskiBernard and Barbara RuekgauerLambert and Barbara SailerRoberta Sampson


Alan and Gila SchneeDebbie SchragerStanley SchreinerCarleton SchwagerCarl W. and Mary Ellen SchneiderDeborah SchultzWilliam Schultz and Patricia Miller, in honor of Jeanne FisherTerri SchwomeyerNancy SewerynJanice and Thomas ShowlerRoy and Lee ShubertAnnette SilverJoan SilverJohn and Marie Simon et alSuzanne SpainPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinDaniel SteikerJill and Bill SteinbergLeon and Marcia SteinbergRuth and David Steinman

Kate StocktonCorinne StoneMichael and Marianna SullivanDaniel SzyldJoel TempleJoseph TerryJohn H. ThalheimerCarolyn ThompsonClaire ToyMarian TraceyLyn and Merv TuckmanConstance VilliersJenny and Bill WebbOscar WeberCharles Welde, CPA, CFPBob Weinberg and Eleanor WilnerDr. Harold M. WeinerJoyce Weiner and Albert TedescoShelly and Fred WeinerSpencer Wertheimer, Esq.Constance WestHarold and Janet Whaling

James WilsonRoger and Lillian YoumanWilliam A. Zeidner*Beth ZelaskyMichele Zeldner and Ian WachsteinDr. and Mrs. Herbert Zemble

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

List represents gifts made between August 11, 2013 and September 11, 2014.


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2014/15 board of DirectorsBrian Abernathy, PresidentNancy Burd, Vice PresidentHolly Kinser, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, SecretaryRhonda BallJoy L. De JesúsNancy ElfantRobert ElfantSteven EngelmyerJeanne FisherEllen P. FosterDavid FrymanElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIRonna F. HallN. Peter HamiltonJoanne HarmelinEileen HeismanBarbara KaplanRichard L. MaimonDr. Saifuddin T. MamaJohn J. McCawleyAndrea Mengel Amy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de VeldeSteve WolfsonDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

The Cornerstone SocietyFrederick W. Anton, IIIGerard J. Conway, Sr.Carole Haas GravagnoAaron Posner

board Executive CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairNancy BurdMichael A. DonatoNancy ElfantEllen P. FosterRonna F. HallN. Peter HamiltonNancy HirsigHolly KinserCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de Velde

board Development Committee Ellen P. Foster, chairBrian AbernathyJoy De JesúsMichael DonatoN. Peter HamiltonEileen HeismanRonna F. HallHolly KinserLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Engagement CommitteeNancy Elfant, co-chairLee van de Velde, co-chairRhonda BallNancy BurdAnne CookRobert Elfant Jeanne FisherElizabeth H. GemmillRonna HallJoanne HarmelinEileen HeismanNancy HirsigHolly KinserSteve WolfsonDiane Dalto Woosnam

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chairMike Green James KronzerRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyPaul ThaisChris van de Velde

Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chairNancy BurdEllen P. FosterElizabeth H. GemmillHarvey SwedloffSteve Wolfson

Personnel CommitteeDavid Fryman, chairEllen P. FosterElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIICharles H. Rose

Special Events Task Force Ronna F. Hall, chairNancy BurdNancy ElfantEllen P. Foster Susan Jacobson Diane Dalto Woosnam

Strategic Planning CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairJoy De JesúsMichael A. DonatoNancy ElfantEllen P. FosterDavid FrymanLee van de Velde

Capital Campaign Steering CommitteeLee van de Velde, co-chairN. Peter Hamilton, co-chairBrian AbernathyNancy BurdMichael DonatoEllen FosterJoy L. De JesúsNancy HirsigHolly Kinser

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TRIVIA1. Game of Thrones (spoiler alert!)Walter Frei murders the King and his entourage during the Red Wedding while they are visiting Frei’s home. What is the name of the King killed in Macbeth?

2. Breaking BadIn the second to last episode of the series, as Walter is standing next to his bunker, what Macbeth soliloquy does he reference?

3. House of CardsFrank and Claire Underwood (Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) have been compared to what famous Shakespearean couple because of their love of power and focus on that goal above all else?

4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe Frog Choir sings “Double, double, toil and trouble,” which is recited by whom in Macbeth?

5. Hard Candy CosmeticsTheir product “Out Damn Spot,” a concealer, was named after what character’s line famous line?

Answers: 1. King Duncan; 2. “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow…;” 3. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth 4. The three witches; 5. Lady Macbeth.

Game of Thrones is an epic series that includes multiple people vying for power and rule. Much like the War of the Roses (chronicled in Shakespeare’s Richard II, the Henry IV cycle, and Richard III) Game of Thrones is bloody and filled with alliances and deceit. To name a few instances that have been related to Shakespearean ones: Lady Melisandre as the Lady Macbeth to Stannis Baratheon, urging him to kill for the greater good that will come from his rule once his opponents have been vanquished; Daenerys Targaryen as Joan la Pucelle, a female warrior in a man’s world; and the Targaryen children dying at the hands of Robert Baratheon which echoes the deaths of Macduff’s family by Macbeth.

The Atlantic noted a few similarities between Breaking Bad and Macbeth (October 2, 2013). The article compared Walter’s wife, Skyler, to Lady Macbeth for suggesting Walter kill another character to preserve their well-being. Another parallel noted that in both stories, the leading character is set on a course of events by an inciting incident. For Macbeth, it is his meeting with the witches when he hears their prophecy. Like the prophecy, Walter’s cancer diagnosis sets him on a course that ultimately leads to him turning into a ruthless criminal.

The journey for power, an ever present theme in House of Cards, relates to many of Shakespeare’s plays. However, the leading character of Frank Underwood utilizes direct address to audience, a device used by two notable Shakespearean villains: the title character of Richard III and Iago from Othello.

In a 2005 interview, J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, explained that for her, the prophecy Voldemort heard at the beginning of the series was patterned after the prophecy of the witches in Macbeth. Were the events that followed fated to happen? Or would they never have happened if that central character never heard the prophecy?

In the early-mid 2000’s, Hard Candy Cosmetics created the concealer “Out Damn Spot” in shades named “Macbare” and “Macbuff.” The literary allusion to two of the main characters of Shakespeare’s work (Macbeth and Macduff) was the company’s only foray into Shakespeare’s world.

How Shakespeare’s Macbeth relates to pop culture

Macbeth comes to the Arden stage March 5, 2015

Ian Merrill Peakes will star as Macbeth. Photo by Mark Garvin.

StaffArtisticProducing Artistic Director ...................................................................................................................................... Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ....................................................................................................................................... Matthew DeckerArtistic Assistant ................................................................................................................................................................Daniel O’NeilLiterary Manager ..................................................................................................................................................................... Sally OllovePlaywright-in-Residence .............................................................................................................................................. Michael HollingerCommissioned Playwrights ...................................Greg Banks, Stephen Belber, Laura Eason, James Ijames, Rogelio Martinez

Administrative ManagementManaging Director ......................................................................................................................................................... Amy L. MurphyGeneral Managers ................................................................................................................................. Hannah Olanoff, John GrasseyDirector of Finance and Administration ..................................................................................................... Courtney Spiker MartinAssociate General Manager ........................................................................................................................................Mary Beth SimonGeneral Management Assistant ..........................................................................................................................................Regina HaighArden Professional Apprentices ................................................ Ryann Carey, Bryant Edwards, Eliana Fabiyi, Theodore Harris,

Case Nafziger, Gilberto Vega, Corey Wilson

MarketingDirector of Marketing and Public Relations ........................................................................................................................... Dawn EyArt Director ..........................................................................................................................................................................Kristy GiballaMarketing Manager ..............................................................................................................................................................Maura RochePublicist .........................................................................................................................................................................Christine KozsuchMarketing Assistant .............................................................................................................................................................Sam Congdon

DevelopmentManager of Individual Giving.................................................................................................................................. Genvieve GoldsteinDevelopment Manager ...................................................................................................................................................... Mimi MeserveDevelopment Assistant ....................................................................................................................................................... Joanne BurakDevelopment Intern ..................................................................................................................................................................Ali Pajonk

EducationDirector of Drama School ...........................................................................................................................................Amanda MortonDirector of Education Outreach ........................................................................................................................................... Jose AvilesArden Teaching Artists ...........................Bryan Black, Terry Brennan, Elena Camp, Rachel Camp, Taysha Canales, Mike Dees,

Tara Demmy, Tom Fosnocht, Will Freske, Gina Giachero, Alex Keiper, Bryan Kerr, Matthew Mastronardi, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Ben Michael, Amanda Morton, Bi Jean Ngo, Katherine Perry, Brian Ratcliffe,

Jonathan Silver, Donna Steele, Jenna Stelmok, Harry Watermeier

Front of HouseBox Office Manager ...........................................................................................................................................................Corey MassonAssistant Box Office Manager ........................................................................................................................................... Tara BankardHouse Manager..........................................................................................................................................................................Kaitlyn IdeFront of House Assistants .........................................................................Cheyenne Barboza, Galen Blanzaco, Angela Coleman,

Sarah Dugan, Matthew Falance, Katie Foster, Will Freske, Chelsey Gaskins, Laurel Hostak, Aubrey McKinney, Abby Perlman, Donna Recole, Eva Fae Rodriguez, Jacqueline Schneider, Emily Schuman, Katie Sink,

Jenna Stelmok, Jack Tamburri, Victoria Daly, Alex Dittmar, Liya Desher, Max Vasapoli

ProductionProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ........................................................................................................................................................... Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ............................................................................................................................... Jessica Day WestMaster Carpenter/Shop Foreman .................................................................................................................................. Justin RomeoMaster Electrician ........................................................................................................................................................ Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor ........................................................................................................................................................ Alison RobertsProperties Master ....................................................................................................................................................... Christopher HaigCharge Scenic Artist ............................................................................................................................................... Kristina ChadwickStage Managers ......................................................................................................... Alec E. Ferrell, Kate Nelson, Katie RingwoodAudio Engineer ..................................................................................................................................................................... Daniel KontzAssistant to the Stage Manager..........................................................................................................................................Ryann CareyDialect Coach ........................................................................................................................................................................Neill HartleyVocal Coach .....................................................................................................................................................................Amanda MortonWardrobe Supervisor ............................................................................................................................................................ Becca RoseStitchers ..............................................................................................................................................Rufus Cottman, Rebecca KanachElectricians ............................................................................................................................................ Sam Swift Shuker, Maria ShaplinLight Board Programmers .................................................................................................................................Peter Escalada-MastickCarpenters .....................................................................................................................................................AJ Garrigus, Ivan DellingerScenic Construction Intern ................................................................................................................................................ Shane MartinProps Intern................................................................................................................................................................... Charlie GallagherCostume Interns ....................................................................................................................................................Najee Haynes-FollinsElectrics Intern................................................................................................................................................................Matthew DeJong

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Under the Skin

William Shakespeare’s

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