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SILVER SKATESHANS BRINKER

A R D E N C H I L D R E N ’ S T H E AT R E P R E S E N T S

A world premiere by

LAURA EASON

Adapted from the novel by

MARY MAPES DODGE

Directed by

WHIT MACLAUGHLIN

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Hans Brinker was comissioned and developed under the Arden’s Indpendence Foundation New Play Showcase

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.

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By LAURA EASON Adapted from the novel by

MARY MAPES DODGE

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

Scenic Designer

DAVID P. GORDON+

Lighting Designer

THOM WEAVER+

Costume Designer

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

Sound Designer

LINDSAY JONES+

Assistant Director

T.J. HARRISComposer/Musician

JAY ANSILL

Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN

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Managers in the U.S.

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Stage Manager

KATE NELSON*

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WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

I come from a big family. 7 kids. And my brothers and sisters were always there for me. Sure, sometimes we fought: we got on each other’s nerves; said mean things; put masking tape down the room and told each other to stay on your own side. But deep down, we always knew that we loved one another: we stopped fighting; the masking tape came up. And no matter what happened, we took care of each other. We had each other’s backs.

This play is about a family who is having a rough time – as all families do from time to time. What keeps this family going

is the kids: Hans and Gretel Brinker. And more importantly, what keeps the family going is how these kids support each other. They have each other’s backs.

We can also choose who becomes part of our family. Best friends can become like brothers and sisters. One of the most important thing about having best friends is that you know that they will be there for you.

That’s what I love about this story. It is about two kids who are very brave, refuse to give up, have a lot of grit. And together, they are even braver, more hopeful, and more determined. They get on each other’s nerves, but they bring out the best in one another. I think that’s something we should all try to do: surround ourselves with people who bring out the best in us.

This play is based on a book that was written by Mary Mapes Dodge in 1865. But the play you are seeing is brand new – you are the first audience in the world to see it. The play is written by Laura Eason, who also writes for a popular television show for adults called House of Cards. The reason I’m telling you this is because I want you to know that very successful writers are writing brand new plays for you to enjoy. Even when we take you to faraway places in our plays – in this case, to a small town in Holland over 150 years ago – we want you to see yourselves in these stories. These stories are for you.

Thanks for coming! Enjoy.

Terrence J. Nolen

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Cast of Characters

Hans Brinker ..................................................................................... Brian Ratcliffe*

Gretel Brinker ..................................................................................... Lauren Hirte*

Dame Brinker/Katrinka Voss ............................................................Rachel Camp*

Raff Brinker/Announcer ......................................................................... Ed Swidey*

Doctor Boekman/Carl Voost .................................................... Steven A. Wright*

Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven ................................Matteo Scammell

Heidi van Gleck ...................................................................................... Ciji Prosser

Musician .......................................................................................................... Jay Ansill

UNDERSTUDIES: Cassandra Alexander (Dame Brinker/Katrinka Voss),

Jordan Dobson (Dr. Beckman/Carl Voost), Tyler S. Elliot (Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven),

Emily Fernandez (Heidi Van Gleck), Connor McElwee (Raff Brinker/Announcer), Ned Pryce (Hans Brinker), Joelle Teeter (Gretel Brinker)

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When I meet new people I try to imagine how they live.

I picture a house or an apartment, a neighborhood, the furniture, the pictures on the walls. I imagine how they talk to each other, how they interact. I even imagine the smells in their home.

I can’t help myself. It’s a habit. My initial imaginings stick, so when-ever I speak about new friends, I picture them in MY version of

their lives.

Until I actually investigate. Over time, I’ve actively checked out my predictions. My new friends never live where I picture them, they don’t talk to each other as I imagine, I get the color of their walls all wrong, their neighborhoods don’t look like what I see in my mind.

I’m always wrong.

That’s because I only think of what I’ve seen before. I see things in terms of houses I’ve already been in, in terms of movies I’ve seen, books I’ve already read. Other people’s lives are challenging for me to imagine. New people always bring something new to the mix. In many ways they’re unprecedented. It’s very hard to predict what someone else’s life is like, really, without actually seeing, without actually investigating.

Maybe that’s what separates us. We can’t imagine how others live until we actu-ally investigate.

Heidi does just that in our Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. She investigates. And she begins to empathize with the Brinkers. She sees their plight. She understands, and likes what she finds. Katrinka Vos doesn’t want to take the time.

There’s magic in the act of walking in someone else’s shoes. Or in this case, skat-ing in someone else’s skates.

Some of the magic in our lives comes when we really take time to understand someone else. That time is a small, but meaningful act of kindness. A gift we can give freely, at any time. It doesn’t cost much. Hope – for us, for our lives, for our fellow beings – is built out of similar magical, and tiny acts of kindness.

Whit MacLaughlin

DIRECTOR’S Notes

Who’s WhoRACHEL CAMP (Dame Brinker/Katrinka Vos) Arden: Mrs. Jewls in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Essie in Parade, Natalie in Next to Normal, Celestes u/s in Sunday in the Park with George. Regional: Prudie in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Flat Rock Playhouse); Bess in Fair Maid of the West (Philadelphia Artists’ Collec-tive); Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (Theatre Horizon); The Sincerity Project (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Walnut Street Theater/Riverside Theater). Thanks and love to Whit, Terry, Matthew and this joyful team. Dedicated to all her students. Upcoming: Lobby Hero (Theatre Horizon) and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Arden).

LAUREN HIRTE (Gretel Brinker) Arden: Alice in Lookingglass Alice, Sissy Jupe in Hard Times. Regional: Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Actor’s Theater of Louisville); Icarus, The Little Prince, Fedra, Hephaestus, Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre); Lookingglass Alice (Lookingglass Theatre; McCarter; New Victory; Denver Center) Film/TV: Becky in Trust. Training: Theater at the Piven Theater Workshop and Circus Arts at Actors Gymnasium. Great thanks to Laura Eason for these Silver Skates!

CIJI PROSSER (Heidi van Gleck) Arden debut. Regional: Sarah in Ragtime, featured Performer in Summer Concert Festival: Broadway Serenade and Winter Musicale (Bristol Riverside Theatre); Harriet Jackson in The Civil War (The Eagle Theatre); 2nd Lady Chorus in Unearthed: A New Musical, Lula Buffington in Violet (Endstation Theatre) Training: Bachelor’s of Music from Liberty University; Young Artist Program at Opera Roanake. Grateful to Whit, Terry, Matt, and the Arden gang, especially Ryan Touhey; love to Cathy and Pete, and of course, J.

BRIAN RATCLIFFE (Hans Brinker) Arden debut. Regional: Chorus in Antigone, Hamlet in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Laertes in Hamlet (Wilma Theater); Ray in Red Speedo (Theatre Exile); Prince Hal in Henry IV (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation/Shakespeare in Clark Park) Training: BA in Chemistry from Swarthmore College. Thanks to my supportive family and to this generous and talented cast! Upcoming: Jeff in Lobby Hero (Theatre Horizon).

MATTEO SCAMMELL (Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven) Arden: Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Wolfgang in Cinderella. Regional: Holden (George & Company); The Hairy Ape (EgoPo Classic Theater); Detroit (Phila-delphia Theatre Company); The Adults, Kurt Cobain in 27 (New Paradise Labs); Other Desert Cities (Walnut Street Theatre); How I Learned to Drive (Theatre Horizon); Our Class (Wilma Theater) Film/TV: Traffickers, The Bhakti Boy. Matteo also appears in Red 40 & the Last Groovement every First Friday at FringeArts. Training: BFA from University of the Arts. Upcoming: John in Smoke (Theatre Exile). Thanks and love to my family near and far, love to Lee.

ED SWIDEY (Raff Brinker/Announcer) Arden debut. Regional: Antigone, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Hamlet, Under the Whaleback (Wilma Theater); Death of A Salesman, The Lady From The Sea, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (EgoPo Classic Theatre); Bathtub Moby Dick (Renegade Company); Aladdin: A Musical Panto (People’s Light). Training: MFA in Acting, University Of Delaware; BA in Theatre, Boston College. Awards: 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Acting Fellow, 2015 Barrymore Nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ed is also a 2015-16 Wilma Theater Hothouse Acting Company member. Thanks to Whit, Terry, and everyone at the Arden for making my first experience here so lovely. For Alfie, Winky, and Cindy most of all. Upcoming: Playwright/Wahnotee/LaFouche in An Octoroon (Wilma Theater).

STEVEN A. WRIGHT (Doctor Boekman/Carl Voost) Arden: Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Regional: Othello in Othello (Curio Theatre Company); Charlie in Death of a Salesman, Paddy in The Hairy Ape, Marat in Marat/Sade (EgoPo Classic Theater); Count Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Renegade Theater Company); Uncle in The Convert (The Wilma Theater); Ensemble/Writer in This Is The Week That Is I-V (1812 Productions); Lovin’ Al in Working (Theatre Horizon); Sunny in Finian’s Rainbow, Raziel in After-Play, Bob Crachit in A Christmas Carol, George in School House Rock (Walnut Street Theatre) Film/TV: The Voice of Philadelphia on Xoxo Philly (Red Tetimer); Training: Franklin Pierce University, New York Film Academy, and Princeton University.

JAY ANSILL (Composer/Musician) Arden: James Joyce’s The Dead, Charlotte’s Web, Grapes of Wrath, Lovers. Regional: The Tempest (La Mama); Winter’s Tale (People’s Light); A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage (DTC/Roundhouse); The Glass Guignol, Pataphysics Penyeach, Peter and Wendy (Mabou Mines/Lee Beuer) Training: Sundance Fellow and Independence Foundation Fellow; previously Jay has had music performed by the Maryland Symphony, the Western Michigan Symphony orchestras, and by various chamber groups in the US, UK and Spain; Jay is also an acclaimed musician in a wide variety of genres, both professionally & per-sonally, and appears on dozens of recordings as an instrumentalist, arranger and producer. www.jayansill.com

LAURA EASON (Playwright) is the author of more than 20 full-length plays, both original work and adaptations, a musical book writer and a screenwriter. Her play Sex with Strangers (Sydney Theatre Company, Australia; Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago) played at Second Stage Theatre in New York and is one TCG’s most produced plays of 2015/16. She is an executive story editor on season four of the Emmy winning Netflix show House of Cards after serving as a staff writer on season two (WGA nomination for Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series) and a story editor on season three. Her new musical, Days Like Today, with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler, was produced at Writers’ Theatre in Chicago. Her adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; KC Rep) will play at the St. James in London in the fall of 2015. She has received Chicago’s Jeff Award for New Work and Adaptation. In New York, she is a member of Rising Phoenix Rep, an Affiliated Artist of New Georges and an alumna of the Women’s Project Playwright’s Lab. She is an active ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, recipient of the 2011 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Laura is a graduate of the Performance Studies Department of Northwestern University. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.

WHIT MACLAUGHLIN (Director) is an OBIE and Barrymore Award-winning director of works for the stage. He serves as Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories, where he has created 20 original works since 1996, including last year’s The Adults. He is a recipient of a 2002 Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in Performance Art. His work with NPL has been presented at the Ontological Theatre, the Connelly Theatre, and PS 122 in NYC, at the Walker Art Center, the Warhol Museum, by commission at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, and at the Prague Quadrennial. He is also the Artistic Director of PAPAYA (PA Performing Arts for Young Audiences) which produces and presents sophisticated performance for audiences of all ages. He has distinguished himself in Philadelphia at the helm of many of the Arden Theatre’s works for young audiences, including Charlotte’s Web, Cinderella, A Year with Frog and Toad, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. His freelance career extends to theatres around the country, including the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. His love of work for young audi-ences has evolved steadily over the past thirteen years as his twin daughters have grown up.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) Arden: 33 productions including Equivocation, Freud’s Last Session, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and Sweeney Todd. New York: The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre. Regional: The Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Opera: L.A. Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lincoln Center. Awards: 5 Barrymore Awards, Elliot Norton Award. Faculty: Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) Arden: Equivocation, Passion, Macbeth, La Bête, Parade, A Little Night Music, Cinderella, Tulipomania, Robin Hood, Clybourne Park, Charlotte’s Web, Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Something Intangible, Candide, and Caroline, or Change. Off-Broadway: Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (The New York Theatre Workshop), Freedom Club (The Connelly Theater), When We Go Upon The Sea (59E59 Theaters). Regional: New Paradise Laboratories, 1812 Productions, The Wilma Theater, People’s Light, InterAct, and Villanova University Department of Theatre. Film/TV: Christmas Dreams. Thanks to Alison and the fabulous Arden staff. Love to Nathan and Theo. www.rosemariemckelvey.com

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 20 productions including Passion, Great Expectations, and Under the Skin. Philadelphia: The Wilma Theater, People’s Light, UArts, Lantern Theater Company, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Curtis Opera Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, New Paradise Laboratories, 1812 Productions, Headlong Dance Theatre, Theatre Exile, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Regional: Chicago Shakespeare, Shakespeare Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatre J, Two River, California Shakespeare Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company. 3 Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), 2 AUDELCO Awards, 3 Helen Hayes nominations. Training: Carnegie Mellon & Yale.

Who’s Who

LINDSAY JONES (Sound Designer) Broadway: Bronx Bombers, A Time To Kill. Off-Broadway: Barbecue (Public Theater); Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons); Mr. Joy (LCT3), and many others. Regional; Guthrie, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Goodman, Arena Stage, Chicago Shakespeare, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Mark Taper Forum, Lookingglass and many others. International: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England), as well as productions in Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Scotland. Awards: seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 23 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, two ASCAP Plus Awards, three Drama Desk Award nominations, and many others. Film scoring: HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary) www.lindsayjones.com

T.J. HARRIS (Assistant Director) Arden: Assistant to the Stage Manager and Video Operations for Passion, Beauty and the Beast (u/s) Regional: Keyboard for Kiss of Spiderwoman (11th Hour Theatre Company); Music Director/Sir Galahad for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Gerry Evans in Dancing at Lughnasa, Dean Hyde in All Shook Up (Hamilton Gibson Productions) TJ is a performing arts educator and musician throughout the Philadelphia area, including his role as a Teaching Artist at Arden Drama School. Training: Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania; Arden Professional Apprenticeship. Thank you to the Arden for the many experiences!

KATE NELSON (Stage Manager) Arden: The Jungle Book, Under the Skin, Great Expectations, 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 Company).

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 Ga-bler 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 sixteen world-premiere plays. Terry has been nominat-ed for 24 and awarded 6 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden. 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. 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 sto-rytellers–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 Ap-prenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our in-school arts education 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. The Arden has received eleven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, six City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 63 awards and 307 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden participates in The Barrymore Awards, a program of Theatre Philadelphia.

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

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. 

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

Rayenne ChenChristina Clay, MDCordelia ClementRobert Corcoran^Glenna Crooks, Ph.D.Marta Dabezies, in honor of Lisa BurnsCharles and Susan Davidson^^Joy De Jesús and Jamie ReynoldsDorothy DelbuenoDoris DemersMark and Tobey DichterMarie DoonerMichael A. Donato and Edward C. SpelmanShafiq EbrahimSteven Engelmyer and Lisa WershawCarolyn N. and Josephy M. Evans, Jr.Jane and Wally EvansJames R. Fairburn and David A. WickardShannon and Edward FarmerDonna and Norman FayeJill Fisch and John GassenheimerJeanne FisherMichael and Rawan FrielDavid and Christina Fryman*Andrea and Reed GelzerGeorge and Pooh GephartSusan and Larry GorenTerry GraboyesJoel Greenberg and Marcy GringlasMichael Golden and Susan Jacobson*Mr. and Mrs. Albert GreenfieldMaryJane and David HackneyGlenn and Ann Haig

Ronna and Robert HallMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon and Lynn Martin HaskinJanis R. Hawes and Patrick M. CunninghamNational Philanthropic TrustShaina and Nathaniel P. Hamilton Jr.Carolyn and James HessingerKaren and Mark HiteCarol KelleyCaroline KemmererKount KitHolly KinserJosephine KleinKenneth and Eve KlothenJoel and Sharon KoppelmanBeth and Bill LandmanPeter and Emilie LaphamEmily Jane Lemole^David Lerman and Shelley WallockWinnie and Eric LienRichard Maimon and Susan SegalTina MancoGloria and Dan MarianoJean MarkovitzJacqueline and David MassariLee Marks and Lisl ZachJohn and Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel and George A. RitterA.C. Missias Jerome Napson, in honor of Annie Richardson^^Marjorie NeffTerrence J. Nolen and Amy L. MurphyMichael Norris and Matt VarratoDorothy R. Novick and Peter N.

KenneyEdward and Alexis PappasScott J. ParkerDr. and Mrs. Joel PorterIlene Poses^^Laura and Douglas PrattKaren and David PresselAnn and Frank Reed, via the Malfer FoundationKurt and Mary-Ann ReissCintra and Franklyn Rodgers via the F.L. Rodgers Family FundSidney RosenblattMike Salmanson, Tobi Zemsky, and familyEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegalKathleen SernakSusan and Steven M. ShubertLaura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob ElfantHether, Don, and Sarah SmithRichard and Amanda SmootBarbara and Mike SorokerAnne SpeyerMarilyn and Dean StaatsKathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationDebra and Bill StewartAdelaide Sugarman and Marshall GreenbergHarvey SwedloffRuss Troyer and Anne CookSally Walker and Tom GilmoreArchie D. and Bertha H. Walker FoundationRichard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto WoosnamHope Yursa

Grounding the Present, Nurturing the FutureMembers of the Sylvan Society play a significant role in helping the Arden tell great stories that enrich the lives of the region’s

adults and children.

Contact Lauren Hughes at 215.922.8900 x149 or lhughes@ardentheatre.org.

the Sylvan Society

the Sylvan Society

the Sylvan Society

the Sylvan Society

*denotes deceased supporter

Thank You to Our Supporters$500-$999AnonymousJudy Auritt KleinCarol Baker and Mark Stein+Maureen Barret and Mike TempletonSheila BellChristopher and Jeffrey CarverBarbara CobbRay Costello*Warren and Kaye CrownTika DjerassiCarole M. Foley*George and Dona Garrettson+Charles Gear and Ann Lee MorganEmily Gerasimoff^Jeanne GeskesGlenna HulsBarbara and Jerry KaplanSteven B. King*Barbara and Leonard KlinghofferMary Ellen KroberDrs. Frank B. and Sally MalloryMary Louise and Gerald MartinWendy ParsonsCynthia and Samuel PlumPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterRobin and Ron ReismanMarilyn SanborneKaren and Robert SharrarMary Beth Simon, in memory of Robert R. and Kathleen K. SineGayle and David SmithNaomi and Harvey SpectorMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsHarold and Emily StarrEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonStephen and Kathy ThompsonEdna and Stephen VassoNancy WingoThomas and Jackie ZemaitisJoseph and Renee Zuritsky

$250-$499Carol and Bennett AaronHoward AaronsonMr. David AdlerDirk and Charlotte AveDrs. Rita Axelrod and Howard NaidechRon and Joyce BayerSusan Becker and Aaron RubinRichard and Joan BehrPatricia and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanAlden and Linda BlythJanice and Roger Boe, in honor of Lawrence MandelThomas and Mary Pat BoyleMarlin G. Brown*Jessica Calter and Michael FentonCaroline CastagnoSara and Michael ChernoffJean CohenMarc and Margie CohenJeff CoonJames Crawford and Judith DeanTheresa Dame-BellasarioThomas and Eileen DavisMichele and Ray DeckerBeverly DotterJonathan and Ella EdwardsAnne EwersJudith and Paul FarberJeffrey Farenback-BratemanRuth FerberLarry S. Friedman and Dean H. RishelPaula FuchsbergSteve Fukuchi and Laura OffuttDan GannonMark GarvinRichard and Rita GoldbergWilliam GoldmanBob and Jan GorenWilliam and Virginia Gormley

Nancy and Richard GroveBetty and Gary GrunderMary and Bill HangleyMary HarbisonBarbara HauptfuhrerCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyRonald HermanRichard and Barbara HirshJacqueline JerrehianDavid and Beth Medoway KaganPhilip and Marge KalodnerNancy KanePhyllis KauffmanCeleste Simon and Brian KeithKate Kidder DoerrChristina and Harold KleinGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoBernadette KollerMarilyn KrautPeter and Ruth LaibsonEllen LeRichard LeeDavid and Deborah LesherWarren and Arline LiebermanDavid and Kim LipetzBen LovellJohn and Martha LubellDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffAlexander and Tatiana Lutsik+Linda McAleer and Maitlon RussellGeorge and Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttMissy and Bob McQuistonMadeline Miller and Gordon LeggettAlan and Susan MillerDouglas and Fredaricka MoffittTheodore and Theresa Munz Jr.Paul Coff and Susan OdesseyCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyBrenda J. OliphantDon and Barbara ParmanVincent and Carmen Pezzullo

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.

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 Lauren Hughes, Development Director at 215.922.8900 ext. 149.

AnonymousPeggy AndersonStanley D. Baurys**Jane BerrymanLou BluverMary P. BurrPearl CarpelLarry S. Friedman and Dean H. RishelEllis K. Ginsberg**

Peter Gistelinck and Kim BloomJames and Suzanne HillMary Ellen KroberWilliam A. LoebDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoMadeline PortnoyDr. Harry RosenthalMarilyn and Dean StaatsGrace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer

Valerie and Tal PipanoDulcie Pomerantz RommDr. and Mrs. Sidney and Sandy PortnoyDaniel PromisloAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanAlice Reyes and David GlanceyJoy RickabaughJohn and Claire RodgersDaniel and Faye RossJohn and Melanie RowleyIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftJane ScaccettiHarold and Sharon SchwalmAntoinette SeymourJoseph and Louise ShafferMarie and James ShewEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelWilliam Sigmund and Vito IzzoCaroline Simon+Larry Smoose and Linda LeeStanton and SaraKay SmullensWayne SnoverNicholas A. Spennato and Charlotte S. RoedeRoy and Corinne StahlRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett- StewartHelene and William Van HoevenTom and Patricia VernonLewis and Hella VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinDonna and Andrew WechslerMarlene WeinbergJudy and Julian WeinsteinFred and Arleen WeinsteinJoann White and William BeckettMatthew A. White*Julie D. WilliamsM. Jane WilliamsTheresa and Peter WilliamsAnonymousMr. and Mrs. Harry WoodcockTom Woodward^Carol and Jeff YetterBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$125-$249Barbara AbrahamsEmely AikenJanet and Roger AlwangDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsJennifer and Stephen ArmsLynda BarnessLynda and Murray BattlemanThe Rev. Judith BeckJoseph and Lisa BeckerBikki BevelhymerJane BibermanDoris and Aaron BitmanThomas and Ann BlackburnBenjamin and Libby Blank

Allen BonnerViola BosticMarcia BowerEadie and Allan BrooksAnn and David BrownleeDr. Bernard and Pamela BrownsteinMichael P. BuckleyCarol BuettgerDeirdre Julia CallahanAnthony and Jaque CampChip CapelliScott and Nelly ChildressMary ChomitzAnnemarie F. Clarke and David L. BuchSteve and Helene CohenDr. Marie ConnMolli and Joe Conti, in honor of Holly KinserJohn CookeSandra and James CorryMary Ann and Jacob DaileyF. Mitchell DanaBarbara DaneluzziDaniel DevlinMr. and Mrs. Stuart and Diana DonaldsonEllen DooneiefMichael DotseyRuby and Angela DowdLucille DrakeLeah Chaplin and Eileen GildeaPaul and Mary Lynn EllisBarry and Beth EvansWilliam and Anne EwingNorma FabianAdam N. FoxxJohn and Elaine FrankKenneth and Cecile FrankEllen and David FreemanGreg GephartGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferPaul GreenSusan Greene and Kathleen SheridanRobin GreeneRick Greenstein and Claudia TesoroBernadette and Edwin HaighRichard Willis and Linda HartnettVirginia HeddenBetsy and Ted HershbergTerry HirshornMichael J. Hozik and Margaret L. ReaKerry HuntsmanE. Ashley IzardJacqueline JeffersonJervay TrapierTimothy and Carol JohnsonSarah C. and Joe JordanBonnie-Ann Brill Keagy, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard RepettoMr. and Mrs. Douglas and Ruth KeatingMargaret Keller

Cecilia KellerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Stephen and Barbara KieranLorraine and David KilmerPatricia and Charles KlingSteven KnepperEden Kratchman^Marilyn Kutler and Ira SilbermanDavid LadovJoyce LaskinBob and Mary LawlerLinda L. LenardRuth LesserBob and Lynn LevittCraig and Stephanie LewisLaurel and Robert LipshutzF. Joseph Loeper, in honor of Holly KinserLynn and Joe MankoGlenda MarshallMary Ellen MarzulloKathy McMasterSally MercerSandra and Martin MillerMarianne T. MillerPaul and Lee MillerJudith MontgomeryMartha MooreKenneth and Susan MyersBonnie and Eliot NiermanEtta and Chuck NissmanPaul Coff and Susan OdesseyRichard PariseauMichael and Judy PaulMarcia PaullinJohn and Judith PeakesAnn and Andrew PerchMartha Platt and Marlis Kraft-ZemelDavid and Amy PollackNancy PostJanet PothJennifer PottsJohn and Margaret PregCatherine A. PullenMs. Aneira PuttaswamyKurt and Mary-Ann ReissLeslie Rescorla and Thomas AchenbachRachel ReynoldsDavid and Diane RichmanElizabeth R. and William H. Rivers, Jr.Sharon and Mark RobbBernard and Camille RosenbergKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJerry and Bernice RubensteinAdelle RubinJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigRuth and Marvin SachsJoan and Bill SaidelDebbie SchragerJim Klein and Adeline SchultzWarren and Carole Lee SchwomeyerKaren Schermerhorn and Evan

Thank You to Our Supporters

Thank You to Our Supporters

SeymourPolly ShafferLenore and Bernard ShermanElaine Sherman and Robert CohanJim and Cathy ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversRoy and Lee ShubertSusan and Charles ShubinJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsToby L. Simon*Bob and Harriet SingerCarleene and David SlowikJames SmithLucinda Smith, in honor of Holly KinserR. John and Susan StedmanRuth and Norman StuessyJoyce Ann SwoyerLinda TraverLisa TrucksessJohn UrofskyEmily and Charles WagnerDebbie and Tom WalkerTom and Beth WarmsThomas WatkinsJeannine and David WebberSharon Weil-ChalkerVivian WeinblattLeslie and Ellen WelsonBertram and Lorle WolfsonBarbara WrightSam and Kuna YankellDr. and Mrs. Herbert and Carol Zemble

$75-$124Lawrence AbramsonDavid ArdreyKay and Scott ArmstrongAlan and Sandy AultDr. and Mrs. Stuart and Elaine BaerSylva BakerDonald Bakove and Margaret McLaughlinPamela BarrowayYvonne BartmanCarolyn and George BassettEileen BazelonFlora BeckerTimothy BergerDavid and Nancy BergmanConstance and Richard W. BermanCharlotte BiddleJocelyn BlockJudith BorieHazel BowersFrank BoyerJoseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineBeth Brennan, in honor of Holly KinserCharles BrennanRosemary Brody, in honor of Holly KinserPatricia Brubaker

Charlotte E. CadyMs. Anne CampbellWilliam and Lillian CasselAlice A. ChittendenMonica ChoiSandra and Jean-Marc ChoukrounSaul and Sandra ClairAnnemarie F. Clarke and David L. BuchRobert and Sandy Clay BauerRhoda CobenJennifer and Daniel CoffeyHenry and Edna CohenSusan B. CohenJanet and Richard ConnJanet CookJohn CookeBarbara CookeElizabeth CornmanB. Karen CoyneKaren CuzzolinoDaniel DagleBarbara DaneluzziJoseph and Helen D’AngeloMichael and Robin DaumNancy and Michael DavisEmily L. DavisRobert and Bonnie DeAngeloStephanie and Seamus DevineyMiriam and Samuel DiamondColleen DonofrioBeverly DubinMr. and Mrs. Donald and Geraldine DuclowJohn Dulik and Sandra FolzerJohn and Lois S. DursoSheila Dyan and Charles GagliaW. Wallace and Joanne C. DyerPatricia EamesDaniel and Nina EdelmanLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy Epstein and James SteikerCindy and Fred FarlinoAnne and Steven FasslerDr. and Mrs. Mark FeitelsonMilton and Charlotte FeldmanAnnette FieldJohn and Nancy FischerMargaret ForgioneSara and Dieter ForsterJudy FrankAllyson J. FrankJudy and Richard FrankenMs. Mary FrantzJim and Fran FrazerFran Freedman and Jon BlumAllan P. Freedman and Amy RappaportMichael and Helene FreidmanPaula FreilichBrenda FurtakDoug and Jean GesslSteven and Susan GlauserPeggy Glover

Joan GmitterMarylyn GoutmannDiane GraboyesMarianne and Donald GreenLarry and Ann GreenAdele and Bertram GreenspunPriscilla GrosickMarsha Gross and Paul SiegelRobert and Lisbeth GrossmanMarcia HalbertMia Hallet Bernard^Jessica Dunn HamiltonOna and Stephen HamiltonGail HauptfuhrerBeverly Hayden and James TaylorAngela and Michael HennesseyColin D. Hennessy and Dr. Jeremy S. CohenRuth HerdSusan W HerronLynn HewittTom and Wendy HibberdDaniel and Monica HilfertyMorton and Lois HoffmanDonna and Bill HowerThomas Hurster and Jacqueline SalmonIrv and Janet HurwitzPeter and Barbara HutcheonRichard Izard and Helen AngelinaDr. and Mrs. William and Nancy JantschRobert C JonesJennifer JulianJeffrey KahnKomal Kapoor and Lowell FoxSandra KarlsonGail KassRobert and Ellen Baxter KavashElina Kazan^Margaret KellerCaroline R. KemmererMarjorie Epps KennedyCaren and Brian KirschnerRichard and Marcia KlafterJoanne and Alex KleinPatricia and Charles KlingEllen KopelandIna Li and Michael KostalWalter Kraft and Deborah HungVicki KramerMelvin and Rhoda S. KreinerJames KronzerBarry and Janet KushnerNeil KutnerLisa LeeAnne Silvers LeeEmma LefkowitzRobert and Joyce LeonettiMaria LewisNorman and Sylvia LiebermanBarbara and Richard LindeKaren LiskerLinda and Dan Litwin

Thank You to Our SupportersLeroy and Ruth LoewensternDonald and Nancy MaclayBarbara and Bob MaertenCirel and Howard MagenTheodore and Rowena MannBob and Sue Ann MarburgLinda and David MarderMilton and Renee MarguliesMary and Jack MarkovPeter and Louise Marshall KellyIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickRosalie MatzkinKenneth and Margery MaurerLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellPam and Joe McCormick, in honor of Holly KinserJohn McCormick and Ken SchmittAlice McCreary and David EplerJohn and Rhoda McFaddenTom and Helen McNuttBarbara MillerJeff and Maxine MorganDavid and Laurel MostellerJohn and Margo NafzigerJoan NerenbergMichelle Niedermeier, in honor of Holly KinserAndrew NortonFrances NovackMatt and Judy OchsJudith and James O’DellBetsy OliphantLinda OslerStanton S. OswaldSandra and John PackelMichael and Judy PaulRobert PeckElisa PedutoEllen and Clifford PembertonMary and F. Laurence PethickClaire J PisapiaJason PizziDonald and Carol PlankStephen Platt and Robin SchauflerLois and Paul PlotnickJeff and Elizabeth Podraza

Madeline PortnoyMargaret and Nicholas PotalivoLinda Putnam EratLinda QuamBarbara QuinnAbi and Craig ReedEleanor and Joseph ReinhardtKaren and Jon RichterClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellLorraine RiesenbachLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillMaxine RosenJ. Randall RosensteelMichele RossAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerJoan RozanskiMartin and Sue RubelBernard and Barbara RuekgauerDiane Rurode and Jim LordMitchell RussellBill and Denise RyanRoberta SampsonJean SamuelsGerald Satlow and Beth ZatuchniKaryn L. ScherRuth Ann SchlesingerMary Ellen and Carl SchneiderJim Klein and Adeline SchultzDeborah SchultzCarleton SchwagerSandra SchwartzKaren and Bob SerenbetzNancy SewerynKathy and Richard SextonThomas and Janice ShowlerNeil and Cheryl ShustermanJay SnydermanBarbara and Steven SpeeceMargaret R. SpencerPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinGayle and Ed Sproul, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard RepettoDaniel and Judith SteikerRuth and David Steinman

Joel and Barbara StewartCorinne StonePaul StoneMargaret Sweeney^Daniel Szyld and Kathleen RossSusan and Robert TafelCecilia TannenbaumJohn TarvesJoel and Mary Jane TempleJoseph TerryLetty D. ThallLorraine TojiPaul ToyMarian TraceyWilliam and Mary TsiourisBrenda Freitag and Chet TuthillApril TvarokConstance VilliersIan Wachstein and Michele ZeldnerSharon and Paul WaimbergSusan and Tom WaltherBeth Brooks and Robert WaterstonNicholas WattsJenny and Bill WebbOscar WeberJudy WeinbergerHarold WeinerElizabeth WeinrebThomas and Dawn WeissConstance WestHarold and Janet WhalingJames WilsonLouisa WilsonWilliam A. Zeidner*Rebecca and James Zug

* 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 September 1, 2014 and November 12, 2015.

YOUR theatre. YOUR schools. This year, Arden for All will distribute over 6,000 Children’s Theatre tickets to students from economically disadvantaged schools in Philadelphia and Delaware County, PA and Camden, NJ. Our classroom residencies will provide books and lessons taught by Arden staff to 14 elementary schools and 95 classrooms.

Arden for All is made possible through donor support.You can help encourage literacy and inspire creativity and confidence in students accross our region by making a donation today.

YOUR kids. YOUR support.

Donate online at ardentheatre.org/support.

Board and Committee Members

2015/16 Board of DirectorsBrian Abernathy, PresidentNancy Burd, Vice PresidentHolly Kinser, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, SecretaryRhonda BallRayenne ChenJoy L. De JesúsNancy ElfantRobert ElfantSteven EngelmyerJeanne FisherDavid FrymanElizabeth H. GemmillDarrel GermanAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIN. Peter HamiltonJoanne HarmelinEileen HeismanRichard L. MaimonDr. Saifuddin T. MamaJohn J. McCawleyAmy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenKristen PhillipsCharles 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 ElfantN. Peter HamiltonNancy HirsigHolly KinserCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de Velde

Board Development Committee Robert Elfant, chairBrian AbernathyJoy L. De JesúsMichael DonatoN. Peter HamiltonEileen HeismanHolly KinserLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Personnel CommitteeDavid Fryman, chairElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIICharles H. Rose

Engagement Committee

Nancy Elfant, co-chairLee van de Velde, co-chairRhonda BallNancy BurdAnne CookRobert Elfant Jeanne FisherNancy HirsigHolly KinserSteve Wolfson

Facilities Committee H. Hetherinton Smith, chairMike Green James KronzerRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyChris van de Velde

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

Strategic Planning Committee

Brian Abernathy, chairJoy L. De JesúsMichael A. DonatoNancy ElfantEllen P. FosterDavid FrymanLee van de Velde

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Teen CouncilAidan ColeMaria BanguraDalia CousineauAiden DooleyAlicia EasterdayGia GenoveseAndrew GorenAnna GoulaJamara GriffinCaitlyn McCuenKieran O’ConnorEmily PinskyEli RussellBecca Walker

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Staff

Producing Artistic Director ............................................................................................................ Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ............................................................................................................. Matthew DeckerCommissioned Playwrights ............................Greg Banks, James Ijames, Kait Kerrigan and Brian LowdermilkCasting Associate .................................................................................................................................... Jonathan SilverArtistic Intern ....................................................................................................................................... Dani O’Callahan

Managing Director ............................................................................................................................... Amy L. MurphyGeneral Manager ........................................................................................................................................ John GrasseyDirector of Finance and Administration ............................................................................Courtney Spiker MartinAssociate General Manager ..............................................................................................................Mary Beth SimonGeneral Management Assistant ................................................................................................................Regina HaighArden Professional Apprentices ..........................Brittany Brewer, Nicole Metas, Alison Pajonk, Ethan Polson,

Patrick Ressler, JD Stokely, Kevin White

Director of Marketing and Communications...................................................................................... Stephen RappArt Director ................................................................................................................................................Kristy GiballaMarketing Manager ....................................................................................................................................Maura RochePublicist ...............................................................................................................................................Christine KozsuchGroup Sales Manager ................................................................................................................................Gilberto Vega

Development Director ..........................................................................................................................Lauren HughesDevelopment Manager ............................................................................................................................ Mimi MeserveDevelopment Assistant ................................................................................................................................ Will Freske

Director of Drama School ................................................................................................................Amanda MortonDirector of Education Outreach ................................................................................................................. José AvilésArden Teaching Artists ...............................Madison Auch, Kala Moses Baxter, Rachel Beecher, Terry Brennan,

Rachel Camp, Taysha Canales, Peter Andrew Danzig, Matt Decker, Mike Dees,Tara Demmy, Eliana Fabiyi, Tom Fosnocht, Terrell Green, T.J. Harris, Alex Keiper,

Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Matthew Mastronardi, Emily Mattison, Amanda Morton, Bi Jean Ngo, Daniel Park, Cindy Paul, Maura Roche, Jenn Rose,

Katie Sink, Jenna Stelmok, Jenson Titus, Harry Watermeier

Box Office Manager .................................................................................................................................Corey Masson Assistant Box Office Manager ................................................................................................................. Tara BankardHouse Manager................................................................................................................................................Kaitlyn IdeFront of House Assistants .................................................................Galen Blanzaco, Ryann Carey, Victoria Daly,

Sarah Dugan, Bryant Edwards, Matt Falance, TJ Harris, Eva Rodriguez,Emily Schuman, Jack Tamburri, Corey Wilson, Gilberto Vega

Production 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 RingwoodAssistant Director..............................................................................................................................................TJ HarrisAssistant to the Stage Manager.................................................................................................................... JD StokleyAudio Engineer ......................................................................................................................................... John KolbinskiWardrobe Supervisor ..............................................................................................................................Rebecca RoseCarpenters ..............................................................................................................................April Tvarok, AJ GarrigusScenic Construction Intern ...........................................................................................................................Paula LeiteCostume Interns ................................................................Nicole Rothberg, Natalia de la Torre, Stephen LieboffProps Intern............................................................................................................................................ Scott McMasterElectricians .....................................................................................Amanda Jenson, Emalyn Witter, Michael Lambui Light Board Programmers ................................................... Peter Escalada-Mastick, Maria Shaplin, Jeremy JasonStitchers .......................................................................................................................... Kayla Speedy, Rufus Cottman

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Join Peter on an exciting adventure andwatch these classic stories come to life!

April 15 - June 21

COMING THIS SPRING:

At the Arden, one of our favorite things to do each year is find stories to tell on our stage for kids just like you.

Sometimes we choose our favorite books to put on stage – like Sideway Stories from Wayside School and The Cat in the Hat. Sometimes we imagine new ways to tell classic stories that we all know – like Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. And sometimes we write new versions of those stories – like The Jungle Book – and you get to be the very first audience to see it!

This spring we’re going to tell a story called The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. It is based on a book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith (if you like to read, we recommend that you check out the book. The illustrations are awesome). This story takes a lot of fairy tale characters that you may already know – Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Chicken Little and the Ugly Duckling – and brings them together to make a play, led by Jack (of “and the Beanstalk” fame) as the narrator. But their production goes horribly wrong when the Table of Contents goes missing, Jack’s Giant shows up and threatens to eat everybody, and the stinkiest fairy tale character of them all – the Stinky Cheese Man – walks into the room and really smells up the place.

This show is wacky, full of fun songs, and super gross – we think you’re really going to like it. It also has some of our favorite actors in the show. Doug Hara, who played the Cat in The Cat in the Hat and the Cricket in Pinocchio, will be playing Jack. Rachel Camp, who was Mrs. Jewls in Sideway Stories and who is playing Dame Brinker and Katrinka in Hans Brinker, will be playing Little Red Ridinghood. Leah Walton and Brandon Pierce, who were the Goose and Avery in Charlotte’s Web are also in the cast, along with a new friend of ours named Scott Sheppard who will be playing the odorous Stinky Cheese Man.

Be sure to check out The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales when it starts performances next April. We can’t wait for you to see it.

Rachel Camp in Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Doug Hara in The Cat in the Hat Brandon Pierce in Charlotte’s Web

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