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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Sept 11 - Oct 12, 2014F. Otto Haas Stage

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

Applause, please, for our Media Partners:

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.

La Bête is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Originally Produced on the Broadway Stage by Stuart Ostrow.

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

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

By DAVID HIRSON

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

Directed by EMMANUELLE DELPECH

Scenic Designer

JAMES kRONzER+

Lighting Designer

THOM WEAVER+

Stage Manager

ALEC E. FERRELL*

Costume Designer

ROSEMARIE E. MCkELVEY

Sound Designer

JORGE COUSINEAU

Assistant Director

ALICE YORkE

Based on the book by Charles DiCkens adapted by Gale ChilDs DalyDirected by Matthew DeCker

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

UP NEXT on the Arden Stage

OCT 23 - DEC 14

Six actors bring forty characters to life in this new adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale.

In 2012, Charles Dickens turned 200. Celebrations were held the world over, including the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Year of Dickens. Over the course of that year, a number of critics, writers, and scholars took the opportunity to ask why we still read Dickens today. Their conclusion was simple: to paraphrase the man himself, in his novels can be found the best of people and the worst of people.

Great Expectations is full of what makes Dickens great. His mastery of character and deft manipulation of plot are at their peak in Great Expectations. One of Dickens’s darkest books, Great Expectations is still full of humor and reinforces a common theme of Dickens: that even in the bleakest times, a generous spirit can save you. While the novels have no shortage of the downturns life can take, they are also filled with the idea that the smallest seed of kindness can grow an orchard—and there’s no telling what random act of compassion can save you. In 200 years, the need for this message has not diminished.

Great Expectations features some of Dickens’s most memorable characters who together make up a microcosm of humanity. There’s Pip, a young orphan who carries the reader from humble beginnings to a gentleman’s estate thanks to a few lucky encounters. There’s Joe, the simple blacksmith Pip adores as a child and is ashamed of as an adult. There’s Estella, the cold beauty who promises Pip she will break his heart. And finally, one of Dickens’s most memorable creations: Miss Havisham, the spurned spinster who stopped the clocks and her life the day she was left at the altar and is now bent on revenge.

In her adaptation, Gale Childs Daly captures the theatrical potential of Dickens—employing 6 actors to take on more than 40 characters. There’s suspense and romance and goofiness and tenderness. Daly streamlines the sprawl of Dickens’s world without losing its richness, and embraces the cliff-hangers embedded in the text, as well as the mystery.

In the Arden’s continuing mission to tell great stories by great storytellers, we are thrilled to bring one of Dickens’s masterpieces to the stage. We hope you’ll join us.

Josh Carpenter Lindsay SmilingBrian McCannSally MercerDoug HaraKate Czajkowski

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Since our inception, we have had a commitment to the (ever-growing) Philadelphia acting community. As such, we often choose plays for specific actors. La Bête is a brilliant piece of writing - astonishing in its wit and vibrant theatricality - but we were compelled to produce it because we wanted to see Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes play the roles of Valere and Elomire. Scott and Ian are two of the Arden’s most treasured collaborators: La Bête marks Ian’s 18th Arden production (including directing Freud’s Last Session) and Scott’s 28th. They’ve appeared together in, among others, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the first

show we produced on the Haas Stage; as the title characters in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; as brothers in Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and, most recently, in Three Sisters. We also seek to bring new artistic perspectives and different approaches to our work. This production marks the Arden directorial debut of Emmanuelle Delpech, a brilliant theatre-maker whose work is physical, inventive, and unique (she staged an adaptation of Oedipus at Colonus performed at FDR Skate Park in South Philadelphia that featured skateboarders as the Greek chorus). One of the main artistic goals of our strategic plan is to continually deepen artistic relationships while forging new ones. La Bête is a terrific example of that goal in action.

We are currently working on the Arden’s new strategic plan. We revise our plan every three years, giving us the opportunity to take a step back, assess past successes and challenges, and set forth our goals and key strategies for the next few years. We use these plans; they truly guide us as an organization, helping us to chart and coordinate the many activities that are involved in doing the work that we do. In the last plan, we stated that we would complete the renovation of the Hamilton Family Arts Center and successfully complete the capital campaign, and both of these goals have been accomplished. As we work on the new plan, I would love your input. Why are you involved with the Arden? What have you especially liked or disliked? What do you want to see us do that we aren’t currently doing? What could we do better? I welcome any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms that you may have. Please email me at tnolen@ardentheatre.org or, if you’d rather, call me at 215.922.8900 x33. We will publish the plan on our website when it is completed in early November.

Thank you so very much for joining us for the start of a new season. Thank you for being part of the Arden.

Enjoy.

Terrence J. Nolen

Cast of Characters

Members of the Troupe: Elomire, leader of the Troupe .................................................. Ian Merrill Peakes* Bejart, his second in command .........................................................James Ijames* Madeleine Bejart, Bejart’s sister .................................................... Taysha Canales De Brie ............................................................................................... Alex Bechtel* Catherine De Brie, De Brie’s wife ..................................................Wendy Staton Rene Du Parc ............................................................................Michael Doherty* Marquise-Therese Du Parc, Du Parc’s wife ....................................Alex keiper*

Valere, a troubadour ..............................................................................Scott Greer*Prince Conti, patron of the troupe .....................................Dito van Reigersberg*Dorine, a serving maid .........................................................Amanda Schoonover*

TIME:1654

PLACE:Prince Conti’s estate in Pezenas

Languedoc, France

UNDERSTUDIES: Anthony Adair (Prince Conti and De Brie), Alex Bechtel* (Valere), Susanne Collins (Dorine), Michael Doherty* (Elomire), Chloe Mollis-McBride (Marquise-Therese

Du Parc), zoe Richards (Catherine De Brie and Madeleine Bejart), Nick Schwasman (Rene Du Parc), Jahzeer Terrell (Bejart)

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DIRECTOR’S Notes

I am delighted to welcome you today to La Bête. Directing La Bête is such an interesting mirror of my own life on many levels. Written by an American and inspired by French theater genius Molière, mixing smart comedic language in verse and clown characters, La Bête is a bridge between my training in clown and in text, my French humor and my new American sensibility, and my own struggle about why I am an artist today.

Beyond the different points of views of what art should be, La Bête is also an homage to every artist and to the passion we throw into our work. Elomire and Valere are at odds in the way they make theater but they are unified in their passion. They are both “Bête.”

In French, we use the word “Bête” to mean “Beast” and “stupid/idiot.” And I think it is very appropriate for this play! “Etre bête” (to be stupid) is to believe in something so much that you cannot see anything else and therefore miss the point. In La Bête, every character fervently believes in something: in himself, in his way of making art, in power, or in survival. The stakes are high. The “I” is inflated, the goal is to win, not only for the rhetoric but because to be a resident artist of the king is maybe the only way to survive.

This play is all about imbalance. We watch a world falling apart that gives birth to a new one. We watch the idiots become beasts and the beasts become idiots. We witness a whole universe of opinions and personalities — we laugh at the characters (or maybe even cry) because, in the end, when we believe in something so much, we all are “La Bête.” We do not compromise. We stand for what we firmly believe in. At our own risk…

Emmanuelle Delpech

Who’s WhoALEX bEChTEL (De Brie) Delighted to be making his Arden debut! Regional: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); This is The Week That Is (1812 Productions); Cinderella: A Musical Panto (People’s Light & Theatre Co); Vainglorious (Applied Mechanics); Jeff Coon and Ben Dibble Must Die (Los Jarochos). Alex is also a sound designer and composer. Training: University of the Arts (BFA) and Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training. Alex also produced an original play The West which premiered last March in Philadelphia. Big thanks to Manu and everyone at the Arden for having me along!

TAyShA CANALES (Madeleine Bejart) Arden: Sideways Stories From Wayside School. Regional: Doll in The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Flashpoint Theatre Company); Osha in Marcus: The Secret of Sweet (Plays and Players Theatre); Film/Television: Constitution Hall Pass: Earth Day (National Constitution Center). Training: Arcadia University (BFA). Thanks to the Arden, Emmanuelle, the amazing cast and crew for this incredible opportunity! Much love to the Canales’, Jones’, the girls, and Davis. Upcoming: Moon Cave (Azuka Theatre).

MIChAEL DohERTy (Rene Du Parc) Arden: Incorruptible, Next to Normal, The History Boys. Off-Broadway: Dublin by Lamplight (59E59 Theaters/Inis Nua/Winner: Best Ensemble, 1st Irish Festival Awards). Regional: The Musical of Musicals the Musical (Montgomery Theater); Ragtime, A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Lend Me a Tenor (Act II Playhouse); To Fool the Eye (1812 Productions); Assistance (The Wilma Theater).Training: University of the Arts (BFA). Michael won the Barrymore Award for Supporting Actor, Ensemble for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Theatre Horizon). Love always to Mom and Dad. Upcoming: Jack in Into the Woods (Theatre Horizon)

SCoTT GREER (Valere) Arden: Three Sisters, Parade, Endgame, Cyrano, The Flea and the Professor, The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Romeo and Juliet, Something Intangible, Candide, Assassins; Regional: Wittenberg (Pearl Theatre), Twelfth Night (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Art, God of Carnage (Gulfshore Playhouse), Midsummer (PA Shakespeare Fest), Lend Me a Tenor (Cape May Stage). Philadelphia Magazine 2014 “Best of Philly: Theatre Talent.” Love always to Jen and Lily.

JAMES IJAMES (Bejart) Arden: Three Sisters, Endgame, The Whipping Man, Superior Donuts, Romeo and Juliet, James and the Giant Peach, An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Beouf. Regional: Wild With Happy (Baltimore Center Stage); We Are Proud to Present…(InterAct Theatre Company); Angels in America (The Wilma Theater); Shipwrecked! (People’s Light & Theatre Company); Ruined, Grey Gardens (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Training: Drama Morehouse College (BA), Temple University (MFA). James is a three time Barrymore Winner including the F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist Award. James is also an Assistant Professor of Theater at Villanova University. Love to Joel. For Reuben.

ALEX kEIPER (Marquise-Therese Du Parc) Arden: Incorruptible, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Parade, A Little Night Music, Cinderella, Tulipomania, The Flea and the Professor. Regional: Down Past Passyunk (Inter-Act Theatre Company); Assassins (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Proof (Walnut Street Theatre); Ordinary Days (11th Hour Theatre Company); Kimberly Akimbo (Theatre Horizon). Training: BFA from the Univer-sity of the Arts, Musical Theatre 2007; The Atlantic Acting School Summer Intensive. Love to Mom, Dad, Ryan, Matty and Pete. www.alexkeiper.com.

IAN MERILL PEAkES (Elomire) Delighted to return for his 18th Arden show! Arden credits include: Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Something Intangible, All My Sons, Clybourne Park, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Regional: The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Peterborough Players, Derby Theatre, Uk. Film and TV: Lebanon, PA, Still Standing, Do No Harm, Hack, and Homicide. Ian has been nationally recognized (three Helen Hayes nominations, two Best of Denver Awards, New Hampshire Theatre Award), but proudly makes Philly his home where he has been nominated for five Barrymores and won three plus the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist in 2003. For karen and Owen.

DITo vAN REIGERSbERG (Prince Conti) Arden: Snow Queen, Grapes of Wrath. Regional: Twelfth Night, Zero Cost House, Chekhov Lizardbrain, Welcome to Yuba City, Hell Meets Henry Halfway (Pig Iron Theatre Company); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Azuka Theatre); The Misanthrope (Mauckingbird Theatre Company). Training: The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre and Swarthmore College. Dito also moonlights as Martha Graham Cracker, the “tallest drag queen in the world.” Dito is so happy to be directed by the brilliant Manu, after acting with her in many Pig Iron Theatre Company shows (including The Snow Queen on this very stage). Upcoming: Live Faster.

AMANDA SChooNovER (Dorine) Is thrilled to be returning to the Arden for her 5th show. Regional: Azuka Theatre; People’s Light & Theatre Company; Theatre Horizon; Bristol Riverside Theatre; New City Stage Company; Lantern Theatre Company; Film/Television: Do No Harm (NBC opposite Phylicia Rashad). Amanda is a six time Barrymore Award nominee, winning two awards for her work as Dottie in Theatre Exile’s Killer Joe, as well as receiving a special award from Pig Iron for her work on Pay Up and being a 2010 F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist finalist. Thank you to Manu and Terry for this exciting opportunity!

WENDy STAToN (Catherine De Brie) Arden: Our Town. Regional: No Reservations (PNAA); Lady M (FringeArts; Swim Pony); Merry Wives of Windsor, Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Wendy has performed two solo shows with the National Constitution Center. Training: 2014 Acting Scholarship Recipient to The Susan Batson Studio NYC; BA & JD from Columbia University. My Mother and Sister for always being in my corner. For you, Dad. So happy to perform at the Arden Theatre again. Thanks to Terry, Matt and Manu for this opportunity to work with such an esteemed cast and production team.

DAvID hIRSoN (Playwright) David Hirson was born in New York City and was educated in America at Yale and in England at Magdalen College, Oxford. He made his Broadway and London debuts with his first play, La Bête (John Gassner Award of the Outer Critics Circle, New York Newsday/Oppenheimer Award, Marton Prize of the Dramatists Guild for Best New American Playwright, Laurence Olivier Award [London] for Comedy of the Year, 1992). David has contributed essays and criticism to such journals as the Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He is also the author of a translation, a broadcast on Public Radio, of Alessandro Scarlatti’s 1690 opera Gli Equivoci Nel Sembiante. Wrong Mountain is his second play. www.davidhirson.com

EMMANUELLE DELPECh (Director) Arden: Clown Consultant Three Sisters; Regional: Creator/Actor in The Spinning Immigrant (Emmanuelle Delpech); Bang (FringeArts); Tartuffe (Temple Repertory Theatre); Remember Paris (kimmel Center Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts); The Dispute (The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre); Oedipus at FDR (FringeArts); Madame Douce-Amere (FringeArts; 1812 Productions); Clown Consultant/ Choreographer It’s My Party (1812 Productions); Physical Theatre Consultant The Great Immensity (The Civilians); Mime Coach/Choreographer A Devil at Noon (Humana Festival; The Civilians); Actor in Hell Meets Henry Halfway, Gentlemen Volunteers, James Joyce is Dead and So is Paris, Flop! (Pig Iron Theatre Company). Training: Temple University (MFA in Directing), International School of Theater of Jacques Lecoq, Paris. Ecole Superieure d’Art Dramatique de la Ville de Paris. Special thanks to Sarah Sanford, Terry for the amazing opportunity, all the team at the Arden, my designers and the actors, Jean-Pierre Delpech, Quinn Bauriedel and to Jacques Lecoq! And to all the people who have helped me get to where I am today. I couldn’t have dreamt of a better path.

JAMES kRoNZER (Scenic Designer) Arden: Incorruptible, A Little Night Music, Tulipomania, Clybourne Park, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Sunday in the Park with George, Our Town. Broadway: Glory Days. Off Broadway: Opus, Under the Bridge. Regional: Hamlet, A Winters Tale (Folger Theatre); Gypsy, God of Carnage (Signature Theatre); Clybourne Park (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co.); First You Dream, Elephant and Pig are in a Play (The John F. kennedy Center for the Performing Arts); Seminar, This, Glengarry Glen Ross (Round House Theatre); 4000 Miles (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Opus (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Awards: 8 Helen Hayes, 2 Barrymore.www.jameskronzer.com

RoSEMARIE MCkELvEy (Costume Designer) Arden: 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, Caroline or Change; Off-Broadway: Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (New York Theatre Workshop), Freedom Club (The Connelly Theater), When we go Upon the Sea (59E59 Theaters); Regional: The Adults (New Paradise Laboratories); Film/Television: Christmas Dreams. Upcoming: Rapture, Blister, Burn (The Wilma Theater); Big Love (Villanova Theatre). Thanks to Alison and the Fabulous Arden staff. Love to Nathan & Theo. Online portfolio rosemariemckelvey.com

Who’s Who

ThoM WEAvER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 14 total productions including 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, 14-time nominee, 3-time Helen Hayes nominee, and the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

JoRGE CoUSINEAU (Sound Designer) Arden: Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Parade, A Little Night Music, Next to Normal, Clybourne Park; Regional: When Tang Met Laika (The Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Opus (Primary Stages); Language Rooms, Scorched (The Wilma Theater); The Mountaintop, Grey Gardens, The Happiness Lecture (Philadelphia Theatre Company).

ALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) Past Arden credits include: Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Parade, A Raisin in the Sun, Next to Normal, August: Osage County, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Ghost-Writer (World Premiere), Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, My Name is Asher Lev (World Premiere), Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Charlotte’s Web, The Flea and the Professor (World Premiere). Other Work with Theatre Horizon, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, PTC@Play, PlayPenn. Proud Member AEA, SMA. Love and thanks to the family.

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.

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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 ggoldstein@ardentheatre.org.

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

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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.

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$500-$999Temmy ActonJudy Auritt kleinBill Beckett and Jo WhiteSara and Michael ChernoffWarren CrownWilliam Edwards*Carolyn N. and Joseph M. Evans, Jr.Carole M. Foley*Paula Fuchsberg^Charles GearGary GoldsteinGlenna HulsJacqueline JeffersonBarbara and Jerry kaplanBarbara 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 VitowThomas 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 FarberMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanAnne Fassler

Samuel 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 GorenVirginia A. GormleyBonnie Graham**Susan Greene and kathleen SheridanMary C. HarbisonRon HermanHeidi Hertfelder^Aram 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 MoffittStephen and Janet MullinPaul Nutaitis and Robert Clark

Thank you to our Supporters

Mr. 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 AxelrodLisa and Joseph BeckerJacob BelkinThomas H. BlackburnDr. and Mrs. Benjamin BlankDoris and Aaron BitmanAllen BonnerViola BosticMarcia BowerMary Pat and Thomas BoyleMichael P. BoyleEdward M. Broderick* Ann and David BrownleeJoseph T. Casey^Mary ChomitzEllen Deacon and Ernest CuffMatthew DeckerEllen and Max DooneiefStuart DonaldsonRay DoyleMarcia EisenbergBrynn EvansWilliam and Anne EwingMaureen Feeny-ByrnesMark and Rene Feitelson

Ruth and Andre FerberBill Fisher*Lana and Ralph FishkinCarol FixmanDr. John and Elaine FrankMr. and Mrs. kenneth FrankFran Freedman and Jon Blum^Ellen 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 MonseesDavid and Laurel MostellerClaire MoyerTheodore and Theresa Munz Jr.kenneth and Susan MyersBonnie and Eliot NiermanEtta and Chuck NissmanMarcia Paullin

John and Judith PeakesBob and Leila PeckJulie PersilyValerie Brand Pipano and Tal PipanoNancy 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 LeeSusan CookIrene 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 AbrahamsJohn and Becky AdamsEmily AikenNan AldersonJanet AndereckDavid Ardreykristin BairMay and Ethan Ball

Thank you to our Supporters

Dr. 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 CarmineNikki 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 DenboCarole and Marc DichterEllen and Gerald DiPintoRuby and Angela DowdBeverly DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamPatricia EamesDavid EleshLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy Epstein and James Steiker

Fred 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 HirshornMorton and Lois HoffmanDonna and Bill HowerErin HughesThomas k. HursterCharles JohnsonDr. Deborah kahn and Mark FischerEllen kayeJodi keferMarjorie Epps kennedyRobin kerner and Eric WestonDavid kleinken, Eva and Aaron kleinGregory kleiberBrian 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. Lenard

Dr. 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 SampsonAlan 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 Showler

Thank you to our Supporters

Roy 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 Steinmankate StocktonCorinne StoneMichael and Marianna SullivanDaniel SzyldJoel TempleJoseph Terry

John 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 WhalingRoger and Lillian Youman

William A. zeidner*Beth zelaskyMichele zeldner and Ian WachsteinDr. and Mrs. Herbert zemble

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List represents gifts made between July 6, 2013 and August 6, 2014.

Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon

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THANK YOU to all those who attended the Spring Soiree,

the Arden fundraiser and cabaret.

Teen Arden performs at the cabaretAlina John performs at the cabaret

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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 ElfantJeanne FisherEllen P. FosterDavid FrymanElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIRonna F. HallN. Peter HamiltonJoanne HarmelinEileen HeismanBarbara kaplanVirginia kimmelRichard 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. DonatoEllen P. FosterRonna F. HallN. Peter HamiltonNancy HirsigVirginia kimmelHolly kinserCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de Velde

board Development Committee Ellen P. Foster, chairBrian AbernathyMichael DonatoPeter HamiltonRonna F. HallLee 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 HirsigVirginia kimmelHolly 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

Teen Arden performs at the cabaret

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An Interview with the DirectorLa Bête marks the Arden directorial debut of local director and clown Emmanuelle Delpech. Emmanuelle first appeared on the Arden stage as a performer in The Snow Queen. She returned to the Arden last season to work with Terry Nolen and the cast of Three Sisters to develop a sense of ensemble and access the physical lives of the characters. Emmanuelle is a French-born theatre artist who works in many different disciplines. Arden Literary Manager Sally Ollove sat down with Emmanuelle on the first day of rehearsal and asked some questions about La Bête, directing, and clowning.

Sally Ollove: How would you describe your role as a director?

Emmanuelle Delpech: I have different roles as a director depending on the project. Sometimes I have been an outside eye for an actor-creator, I’m directing someone who is in the show, but it’s actually their show, so I’m serving their idea. I’m like a bridge between that person and the audience.

Then I’ve directed devised work [in which an ensemble of artists create the work collaboratively]. I would associate the role of director there more as an editor. You send the actors themes, ideas, and provocations, and then the text, the images—everything—is created by them. They generate the material. I’m more of a sculptor of a shape that has been created by the actors.

And I also sometimes direct plays by authors who are not part of the process. For that, it’s a little bit more: you have a vision, you invite people into your vision in collaboration with the designers, and then you kind of impose the vision on people, a little bit. More than when you do devised text. You really have to follow the text because that’s where the directions are, but those directions are interpreted by me. It feels a little more lonely. But even though I’m more in charge of the vision, I will still create an ensemble.

Sally: You worked with us last year to help develop the ensemble that performed Three Sisters. What do you feel is the importance of ensemble?

Emmanuelle: Ensemble is vital to any performance. We’re creating a story together and every character is there to serve that story. That’s true for the characters but it’s also true for the actors. Theatre is about listening to each other. A character often transforms because of someone else. It’s not internal, there’s no revelation that happens alone. I think that ability to trust one another, to take support from one another within the work, to heighten the listening, both with the ears, but also in the body is really important. We want to develop an intuitive relationship within the group. When you are an ensemble, you know each other and you are just playing together, so it’s a little simpler. You’re not as worried about yourself. Because right now, I know they are all freaked out about their part, which is normal, but I think if we create this ensemble mind it will be a little bit easier to work together.

Sally: La Bête incorporates a philosophical debate between high brow art—represented by Elomire—and low brow art—represented by Valere. Do you consider yourself more of an Elomire or a Valere?

Emmanuelle: I think I am more of a Valere because theatre bores me in many ways. And boring is just not acceptable for me. I’d rather go see a concert sometimes. Unless it’s really good theatre, and then I love it. Valere is extreme, so I’m not 100% Valere. I think theatre is an action that people do together. So for me it’s a way of life.

I don’t consider theatre either high or low. I’m an intellectual, but I don’t have rules about what art is. And sometimes I find conceptual art inaccessible for people that are not initiated. I’m more on the popular side. I’m French! But, if Elomire does not exist, the world is going to go to shit. It’s going to end. But if Elomire’s way is the only way of making art, then it pushes some people away and doesn’t serve a bigger

purpose. So I do think thinkers that push with a certain rigor, like Elomire, are important, but that’s not what I’m doing. I’m doing clown. I’m interested in humanity. I’m interested in emotions in terms of a rela-tionship—the energy that can come not as much from the mind.

The play itself is very smart. It’s very well written, but it’s also entertaining. So it’s interesting because David Hirson has married a little bit of that [entertainment vs intellectual] problem. I want people to love Valere and to cry for Elomire. Because I do think it is important to have integrity but it’s also important to be destabilized. To be creative means that you are always on the verge of falling, and I think that’s amazing.

Sally: What does clowning do better than other art forms?

Emmanuelle: One thing about comedy is I think it allows us to purge. Because if you can’t laugh at things, then there’s a problem because you are too attached to something. And also I think with comedy there is a relationship with death. If you don’t laugh, you’re accepting the fact that it’s all going to go to dark. In a way there’s a craziness about living in denial of that dark that we have to accept. Clown allows us to really see that. And also to see each other for who we really are and accept that. Accept the imperfections and the failures. That’s where life’s beauty really is.

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 Manager ................................................................................................................................................. Hannah OlanoffDirector 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 WilsonAdministrative Interns..................................................................................................... Jake DeWerth-Jaffe, Mark Sherlock

MarketingArt Director ............................................................................................................................................................. kristy GiballaMarketing Manager ..................................................................................................................................................Maura RocheMarketing Assistant ................................................................................................................................................ Sam Congdon

DevelopmentManager of Individual Giving......................................................................................................................Genvieve GoldsteinDevelopment Manager .......................................................................................................................................... Mimi MeserveDevelopment Assistant ........................................................................................................................................... Joanne BurakDevelopment Intern ....................................................................................................................................katelin Del Rosario

EducationDirector of Drama School ...............................................................................................................................Amanda MortonDirector of Education Outreach ............................................................................................................................... Jose AvilesArden Teaching Artists ..............................................kala Moses Baxter, Terry Brennan, kathryn Brunner, Elena Camp,

Rachel Camp, Taysha Canales, Angela Coleman, Matthew Decker, Mike Dees, Tara Demmy, Liz Filios, Gina Giachero, Steve Gravelle, Alex keiper, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Matthew Mastronardi,

Ben Michael, Amanda Morton, Bi Jean Ngo, Clare O’Malley, Steve Pacek, katherine Perry, Samantha Pedings, Trevor Peirce, Brian Ratcliffe, Jenna Stelmok

Front of HouseBox Office Manager .............................................................................................................................................. Corey MassonHouse 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 ChadwickProduction Stage Managers ...................................................................................................... Alec E. Ferrell, kate NelsonAudio Engineer ....................................................................................................................................................... John kolbinskiWardrobe Supervisor ........................................................................................................................................... Rebecca RoseAssistant to the Stage Manager................................................................................................................................ Will FreskeStitcher ................................................................................................................................... Rufus Cottman, Rebecca kanachElectricians ......................................................................................Emily Schuman, Ashley Mills, Swift Shuker, katie FosterSound Board Programmers .................................................................................Dominic Chacon, Jessica Wallace WickesCarpenters ......................................................................................................................................Ivan Dellinger, Josh DeRuosiScenic Construction Interns .................................................................................................Sarah Pogolowitz, Shane MartinProps Intern....................................................................................................................................................... Charlie GallagherCostume Interns ........................................................................................................................................Najee Haynes-FollinsElectrics Intern................................................................................................................................................... Matthew DeJong

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