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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Superior DonutS

Scenic DesignerKEVIN DEPINET+

Lighting DesignerMICHELLE HABECK+

Fight DirectorJOHN V. BELLOMO

Costume DesignerALISON ROBERTS

Sound DesignerROBERT KAPLOWITZ+

Assistant DirectorJILL HARRISON

By TRACY LETTS

Stage ManagerKATHARINE M. HANLEY*

Directed by EDWARD SOBEL

March 3 - April 3, 2011F. Otto Haas Stage

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

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

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

Original Broadway production produced by Jeffrey Richards Jean Doumanian Jerry FrankelAwaken Entertainment Debra Black Chase Mishkin Karmichelle Productions/Robert G. Bartner

Dena Hammerstein/Pam Pariseau Carole & Barry Kaye/Irv Weltzer Andrew AsnesRebecca Gold Kathleen K. Johnson George Kaufman Charlie McAteer Terry Schnuck

Michael Gardner/David Jaroslowicz Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley Roy Gottlieb/Raise The Roof Two

The world premiere of SUPERIOR DONUTS was presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director.

SUPERIOR DONUTS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to Superior Donuts.

This play is set in a very recognizable donut shop in an all-too-familiar neighborhood. Though located in Chicago, you can certainly find places like Superior Donuts under our own El tracks on many a Philly street corner. Chicago is a city of very distinct and very proud neighborhoods–like Philadelphia–and, in its depiction of people living in a neighborhood in transition, Superior Donuts feels very much like a Philadelphia story to me. Tracy Letts is one of the great storytellers writing for the theatre today. He creates extraordinary characters and dialogue that leaps off the stage–not surprising given that he is also an acclaimed actor (currently appearing as George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in Washington, D.C.) I am thrilled that our production is directed by Arden Associate Artistic Director Ed Sobel, who has a strong connection to Tracy’s work. Prior to joining us here, Ed worked at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company as their Director of New Play Development where he helped develop, among many others, the original and subsequent Broadway production of Superior Donuts. How amazing to produce the Philadelphia premiere of Superior Donuts with a director who has such a rich history with this play and playwright.

I couldn’t be more excited to announce that we will open next season with another play by Tracy Letts–the Tony Award and Pulitzer prize-winning August: Osage County featuring an all-star Philadelphia cast*. One of the most acclaimed plays of our time, August brings to life–in the tradition of Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller –a remarkable (and remarkably troubled) American family: the Weston clan of Oklahoma. With a vibrant and complex cast of characters, our production promises to be a true celebration of this great American play and Philadelphia’s extraordinary acting community.

Next season will also feature the work of some of our most cherished collaborators. Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner are joining forces to create a new translation/adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, and we will close the season with a new musical by Michael Ogborn (writer and composer of Baby Case and Café Puttanesca) called Tulipomania. This world premiere musical is about obsession, the Dutch tulip bulb bubble of the 17th century, and one very welcoming coffee shop in modern-day Amsterdam. The cast will include Jeff Coon (Sunday in the Park with George) and Joilet Harris (Caroline, or Change). And we’ll be doing Bruce Norris’ hot new comedy Clybourne Park.

It is shaping up to be a remarkable season. I do hope you’ll join us.

* including Carla Belver (Death of a Salesman); Grace Gonglewski (A Moon for the Misbegotten); Mary Martello (Sweeney Todd); Paul Nolan (A Prayer for Owen Meany); Tony Lawton (Romeo & Juliet); and Bill Zielinski (The Seafarer) with more to come…

Terrence J. Nolen

Cast of Characters

Officer Randy Osteen .................................................................................................... Jennifer Barnhart*

Kiril Ivakin ................................................................................................................................... Ian Bedford*

Kevin Magee ................................................................................................................................. Jake Blouch

Lady Boyle ...............................................................................................................................Nancy Boykin*

Franco Wicks ........................................................................................................................... James Ijames*

Max Tarasov ............................................................................................................................ David Mackay*

Luther Flynn .................................................................................................................................Pete Pryor*

Arthur Przybyszewski ............................................................................................................. Craig Spidle*

Officer James Bailey ............................................................................................... Brian Anthony Wilson*

UnderstudiesJason Cutts, Matt Dell’Olio, Jamal Douglas, Jesimiel Jenkins, Tanya Lazar, Alisa Stamps, Bob Weick

Place Superior Donuts, a small donut shop in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

TimeDecember 2009 - January 2010

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I hate director’s notes.

Don’t get me wrong–I like reading them from other directors. I just don’t like writing my own.

Part of this animosity arises from arrogance. I believe the work on stage, the actual work, should speak for itself. I do not wish to have to explicate anything.

It also comes from humility: Why should I presume that anything I have to say about the experience you are about to have (or are having, if you are reading this during intermission while standing in line waiting for the bathroom) would be illuminative. Isn’t it your right to have your experience as your own, without any fascistic imprints from me?

Also, usually at the time I’m sitting down to write director’s notes, I’m either so early in the process of rehearsing the play that I have no idea what I’m talking about, or so in the midst of it that I feel like I’m trying to describe a fantastic meal while my mouth is still stuffed with food. And they usually end up being just about that well-articulated.

And then there is Superior Donuts. I have lived with this play, sometimes as intimately as being in bed with it, and sometimes as if waving to a quirky neighbor across the street, for almost three years. You’d think after all that time, I’d have a lot important to say. And yet…

This is a play I find rich and complex. It looks at race, at class, at generations, at the legacy of American liberalism, at American optimism and the forces that oppose it. It shows us choices for our future and interpretations of our past. It asks us to look searchingly, and with good humor, at who we are and who we can be. And it reminds us that our neighbors, different though they may be, share something with us, whether it is our neighbor the next house over, or the next country, or the next seat in the theater.

Directing, like writing as Tracy so eloquently put it, is an exploration. And, as with all good art, I am left with more questions than answers. Hopefully, better questions.

So here is what I know. I know I am lucky to collaborate with a writer of Tracy’s skill and generosity. I am lucky to have actors with a dedication to their craft and a belief in the story they are telling, and a design team of insight and invention. I am lucky to have all of this in a place once strange to me but which is now my warm and welcoming home.

As for the rest, read the interview with Tracy in this program. And watch the play. And be with other people.

Thanks for coming to this small corner of the world.

Ed

DIRECTOR’S Notes

Edward Sobel

ES: In both August: Osage County, dark as it is, and Superior Donuts, you offer the chance or at least possibility, of things changing for the positive. Do you see the world with hope?

TL: It’s not my inclination. So I almost have to force that, activate that within me. But I think I do. In Donuts particularly, as desperate as circumstances get, as far gone as our lead character seems to be, there is a thread of hope running through the piece. Writing in the aftermath of my father’s death, I just felt it was really important for me personally to put something hopeful out into the world. I just can’t say something downbeat and nihilistic right now. I just don’t have it in me. I’ve got to try and find some of the good. So yeah, I think it is. I hope it is. I hope it’s hopeful.

ES: One thing that seems an expression of hope in the play is the sense of community: you are going to face difficult circumstances in your life, and you can choose to face that either by isolating yourself or by trying to connect with other people.

TL: Yes, I think that sense of community is important. This is a play that lives on a kind of street level, that has to do with a nexus of cultures and races and beliefs. All these people seem to be crossing this one place at this one time. And it’s that notion that there is the family we are born into, that we have no choice about, and the family that we surround ourselves with and I suppose in a larger sense the family of man that we are always a part of. For me–leaving my home and surroundings, my family, and coming to a city and finding myself in a whole different kind of community, the city of Chicago, new surroundings, new priorities, the stuff you find when you are first entering adulthood, find yourself dealing with different kinds of people in different kinds of social situations–its not just an area of interest for me, but for a lot of writers, to explore what it means when these people cross this point at the same time, how we choose to impact one another or let others impact us.

A Conversation with Tracy LettsBy Director, Edward Sobel

(l to r) Steppenwolf ensemble members Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Pam MacKinnon. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

ES: Right now you are acting in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. How do your strengths as an actor help you in writing a play?

TL: I can just kind of gas about it, but the truth is a lot of it’s innate. It’s about being really steeped in the world of the theater, the language of theater, being around plays and in plays, and around actors, all that being a part of my life for a very long time; a sense of dramatic action, of language as expression of dramatic action–so much of that has just become innate. It’s one of the reasons why playwrights often are not very good at writing other kinds of material. They have the dramatist’s gene. That involves creating dramatic situations, the way people offer exposition, the way the writer mechanically hides exposition, some of that actually doesn’t serve you well when writing other kinds of material. But it is a playwright’s gene. And yes, as an actor, spending a lot of nights on stage, concerning ourselves with the moment we are in–not the moment right before or the moment that’s coming up, but the precise moment you are in, keeps the theater very lively. That sense of the present, this is happening right now and in this moment. I still think that sense of live people in a room in front of other live people, creating something right in that moment, a moment of spontaneity, of humor, of pathos, it’s part of my genetic code at this point.

ES: So here you are, you write this play August: Osage County and it wins every possible award, is being made into a film, all these terrific accolades. What is it that makes you say “I’m not done yet.” Why is it important to you to keep writing?

TL: When I act in a play I learn something. I learn something about myself. Every play I’ve ever acted in, it can be Miracle on 34th Street–doesn’t matter what the play is–has taught me something about my life, has given me a little lesson, a little kernel, a question, something to ponder about myself. All those things have changed me. The writing, because it comes from my own conscious and subconscious, the writing tends to teach me really big things. The lessons I get from writing a play are actually pretty large lessons. I’m a better person as a result of the plays I’ve written. Had I not written them, not that I’m a great person, but I would not be as good as a I am. Ultimately that’s one of the things that keeps me going. Personal exploration. With Donuts, there was a conscious decision to write something very different from August. I didn’t want to write something in the same vein. I wanted to try a new direction. My original impulse was, perhaps in retrospect a foolish one, it was “I’m going to write something that doesn’t have as much meaning for me, that’s not as autobiographical, doesn’t take quite as big a piece out of me.” So I started working on Donuts, only to find it was very much about me and that it had some very large lessons for me and a lot to teach me about my life. Ultimately the first thing that gets me to sit down in the chair is what do I have to explore about myself. And that’s the truth! That’s not even a bullshit answer. That’s the actual truth.

ES: And I appreciate the truth. Thanks, Tracy.

See Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Arena Stage in Washington DC, running now through April 10.

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Who’s WhoJENNIFER BARNHART (Officer Randy Osteen) is thrilled to be making her Arden debut in this wonderful play, in this incredible company. Broadway: Avenue Q (Original Cast Member, Outer Critics Circle Award). Regional: Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter (Goodspeed Opera House), The Angel in Angels in America (Gallery Players), Olivia in Twelfth Night, (CT Repertory Theater). TV: Law & Order: SVU, Sesame Street, Between the Lions and others. Thanks to Ed for the opportunity, Penny for the faith, and my family & friends for the love & support.

IAN BEDFORD (Kiril Ivakin) Philadelphia audiences last saw Ian as Long John Silver in Treasure Island at People’s Light and Theatre. Regional credits include Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), The School of Night (Mark Taper Forum), The Beaux Stratagem and Richard III (Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC) and title roles in Macbeth (Orlando Shakespeare Theater) and Richard III (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare). Also, Our Town (La Jolla Playhouse) and five seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. On television, Ian recurred on Law and Order: SVU and has appeared on Blue Bloods, Guiding Light, One Life to Live and Nash Bridges. Ian earned his M.F.A. from UC San Diego and his B.A. from Yale.

JAKE BLOUCH (Kevin Magee) is absolutely thrilled to be making his Arden debut! Well, his kind of debut, he went on as an understudy during Peter Pan last season. Credits include A Skull in Connemara (Lantern Theater Co.), Run Mourner, Run (Flashpoint Theatre Co.), A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano (Brat Productions), The Duchess of Malfi (Philadelphia Artists Collective), Pyretown (Simpatico Theatre Project), and Golden Age (understudy, The Kennedy Center). Lots of love to Mom, Dad, and Leah.

NANCY BOYKIN (Lady Boyle) is very pleased to return to the Arden where she was last seen in Twelfth Night and James Joyce’s The Dead. This fall she appeared as Kate in the world premier of Silverhill at InterAct. Other Philadelphia credits: Wilma (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Raw Boys), Act II Playhouse (Alarms and Excursions), Hedgerow (Driving Miss Daisy), Interact (Reinventing Eden, God of Desire). Regional and NY: The Long Wharf, New York Shakespeare Festival, The Alley, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Great Lakes and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals and Interact Theater (LA) where she won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award as Juno in Juno and the Paycock. She teaches acting at Temple University and Villanova University.

JAMES IJAMES (Franco Wicks) is thrilled to be back at the Arden after appearing in Romeo and Juliet, James and the Giant Peach and An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. James was seen in New Paradise Laboratories’ production of PROM and Emmanuelle Delpeche-Ramey’s Oedipus at FDR in FDR Skate Park. Other credits include: Ken in Ponies (Gloucester Stage Company), Grey Gardens (PTC), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (People’s Light) and Mauckingbird Theatre’s The Threshing Floor as James Baldwin.

PETE PRYOR (Luther Flynn) is happy to be back at the Arden. He is a company member of People’s Light and Theatre, the Co-Founder of 1812 Productions and the resident artist for the Pathway School. He is the recipient of a Lunt Fontanne Fellowship and three Barrymore Awards: Road (Wilma Theater), Richard III (Lantern Theater Company), and for direction of a musical, Cinderella (People’s Light and Theatre). Up next is Laughter on the 23rd Floor with 1812, Art at Act II Playhouse and Hatchetman at People’s Light.

CRAIG SPIDLE (Arthur Przybyszewski) Regional: Arizona Theatre Co., Indiana Reper-tory, Huntington Theatre Boston, Freedom Theatre, Public Theatre in Pittsburgh, American Players WI, Cherry Lane Theatre NY. Chicago: Goodman: Passion Play, Oedipus Complex, Pericles. Black Star Line, As You Like It. Court Theater: Life’s A Dream, Little Foxes, Nora, Desire Under The Elms, The Cherry Orchard. Northlight Theater: The Immigrant, Over The Tavern, Experiment With An Airpump. Steppenwolf: The Tempest, As I Lay Dying, Libra. Lookinglass: Brothers Karamazov, Manuscript Found In Saragossa. Drury Lane Oak Brook: Ten Little Indians, Fiddler of the Roof, The Man Who Came to Dinner. TV: The Chicago Code, Early Edition, America’s Most Wanted. Film: Public Enemies, Road to Perdition, The Untouchables, The Color of Money. Mr. Spidle has done voice-overs, commercials, and industrials and currently teaches at Columbia College in Chicago.

BRIAN ANTHONY WILSON (Officer James Bailey) is thrilled to return ‘back home’ for his 6th Arden Production. Brian is no stranger to portraying a Cop after 5 Seasons as Homicide Detective Vernon Holley on HBO’s The Wire. Also, look for him on the big screen, opposite Bradley Cooper, in Limitless. He plays (guess what?) a Detective! For my Family. In Memory of Melissa Lynch.

DAVID MACKAY (Max Tarasov) is excited to be making his debut at the Arden. He is a Vancouver-based director and actor, currently studying his MFA in Directing at Temple University. David spent twelve seasons as an actor and director at Bard on the Beach, Western Canada’s largest Shakespeare Festival. Favorite roles include title roles in Timon of Athens, Cyrano de Bergerac and Aguecheek in Twelfth Night. Last summer, he performed in Temple Repertory Theatre’s Three Sisters and Measure for Measure. For film/TV, David was featured in Watchmen, Are We There Yet?, Scary Movie 4, Dead Like Me, Eureka, and X-Files. In April, he will return to Vancouver to direct As You Like It for his thesis production.

TRACY LETTS (Playwright) is the author of the plays Killer Joe, Bug (also screenplay), Man from Nebraska (Pulitzer finalist), August: Osage County (Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award for Best Play). He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His appearances there include American Buffalo, Betrayal, The Pillowman, Last of the Boys, The Pain and the Itch, The Dresser, Homebody/Kabul, The Dazzle, Glengarry Glen Ross, Three Days of Rain. Other productions include: Orson’s Shadow (Barrow Street Theatre, NY); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Alliance, Atlanta); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (A Red Orchid Theatre); Conquest of the South Pole (Famous Door); Bouncers (the Next Lab). TV and film: Guinevere, U.S. Marshals, Profiler, Prison Break, Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Chicago Cab and many others. Tracy made his directing debut at the Lookingglass Theatre with Glen Berger’s play Great Men Of Science. Nos 21 & 22.

EDWARD SOBEL (Director) is Associate Artistic Director of the Arden. Previously he was Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, overseeing development of some 40 new plays into production, including Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August: Osage County, and Pulitzer finalists Man From Nebraska and Red Light Winter. Recent directing credits include the world premiere of Cadillac at Chicago Dramatists (5 Joseph Jefferson award nominations, including Best Director), Huck Finn, The Chosen, and A Lesson Before Dying (all at Steppenwolf), and Weapon of Mass Impact at A Red Orchid. Ed created and was the program

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Who’s Whodirector for the FIRST LOOK REPERTORY OF NEW WORK, for which he received the Elliott Hayes Award from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to the field. Broadway credits as dramaturg include August: Osage County and Superior Donuts. He holds an MFA from Northwestern, and is currently on the faculty at Temple University.

KEVIN DEPINET (Scenic Designer) is thrilled to be working at the Arden for the first time! His credits include: Detroit, American Buffalo, Dublin Carol, First Look Repertory of New Work (2008 and 2009) (Steppenwolf); The Crowd You’re In With, High Holidays, Mary (Goodman Theatre); What the Butler Saw (Court Theatre); Emperors New Clothes, As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare); Oh Coward!, Detectives Wife (Writers’ Theatre); Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Ragtime (Drury Lane). Regional: American Buffalo (McCarter); Another Part of the Forest, The Comedy of Errors (American Players Theatre); My Name is Asher Lev (Milwaukee Rep) and Around the World in 80 Days (Indiana Repertory Theatre). Mr. Depinet will be designing Steppenwolf’s Detroit on Broadway in the fall. He studied at Ball State Uni-versity and The Yale School of Drama, and is now an adjunct professor of design at DePaul University.

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) is in her eleventh season as Arden’s Costume Supervisor. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University and an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Illinois State University. In addition to her staff position, she has designed costumes for numerous Arden productions. Previously this season, she designed A Moon for the Misbegotten. You can also see her freelance design work with Theatre Exile in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

MICHELLE HABECK (Lighting Designer) happily debuts at the Arden. She also designs for Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Baltimore’s CenterStage, Penumbra Theatre and Alliance Theatre among others. Ms. Habeck is the recipient of the 2002-2004 NEA/TCG Career Development Program Grant For Design and The University of Texas University Co-op Fine Arts Award, 2009. Michelle is on the faculty at the University of Texas Austin in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

ROBERT KAPLOWITZ (Sound Designer) designed Blue Door last season with the Arden. Other credits include Fela (Tony Award), plus designs for the Public, Lincoln Center, NYTW, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, 2nd Stage, LAByrinth, MCC, Sundance, PlayPenn, and others. This season in Philly: The Word, Lidless, Pride of Parnell Street, and The Flea And The Professor. He is married to a former John Deere Catalog Model whom he loves, along with his son Niall, more than any work he’s ever done.

KATHARINE M. HANLEY (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on this production; not only does she like donuts, she also likes stage managing. It’s a win-win.

JOHN V. BELLOMO (Fight Director) is a Philadelphia based Director/Fight Director, and has recently been named the Artistic Director of the Maryland Shakespeare Festival. John has choreographed violence for many of Philadelphia’s theatre companies and is a 2010 Barrymore Award winner in Outstanding Choreography/Movement. John earned a B.F.A. from The University of the Arts, an M.F.A. from Temple University and is a graduate of The International School for the Comic Actor in Italy.

JILL HARRISON (Assistant Director) his delighted to be working at the Arden. Select directing credits: Charles Mee’s Big Love and Stefanie Zadravec’s Honey Brown Eyes (Temple Theaters), Nora McLaughlin’s The Giant’s Causeways (Frigid NYC), Stefanie Zadravec’s Leaving (Secret Theatre), Craig Lucas’ Reckless & Harry Kondoleon’s Play Yourself (Theatre Outlet), John Guare’s Loveliest Afternoon (Williamstown). Assistant credits: Craig Lucas’ Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons) and Cusi Cram’s Lucy and the Conquest (Williamstown). Member: Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. MFA – Temple ‘11 (Directing). Thanks to Ed. Love to Tom & Family.

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

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

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign language-interpreted, captioned and audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 54 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, non-profit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates un-der an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank:• East End Salon • Eric and Ryan Berley from The Franklin Fountain• Stephen P. Mullin, Doug Brown, and Patricia Tobin Kennedy of The Union League of Philadelphia• Bill and Sue Becker

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Rogelio Martinez

Finding Inspiration For A New PlayMatthew Decker, Associate Producer

“Do people still say: ‘Meet me at the eagle’?”

This is the question that Rogelio Martinez asked Terry Nolen over dinner in Denver in 2009, where Terry was directing the world premiere of Rogelio’s play, When Tang Met Laika.

The eagle he was referring is the legendary Wanamaker eagle that sits in the Grand Court of the Wanamaker’s department store (now Macy’s) on 13th and Market in Center City. This eagle, fashioned in bronze, weighs 2,500 pounds and became the corporate trademark for the John Wanamaker chain. Since its installation, it has become a Philadelphia custom to rendezvous at this local landmark.

“Yes,” Terry replied. “How did you ever hear about the Wanamaker Eagle?”

Out of this conversation came inspiration for the Arden’s next production, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, premiering April 6th. Rogelio Martinez was commissioned by the Arden and the Kimmel Center to write this play as part of this spring’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

Wanamaker’s Pursuit is the story of 29 year old Nathan Wanamaker, a fictional heir of the Wanamaker family, who is tasked to search for new fashions for the family department store. His search takes him to Paris in 1911, where he is caught up in a whirlwind of fashion, art, and women.

“Working in different theaters you soon learn what something means to a specific city,” says Rogelio. “Wanamaker’s is synonymous with Philadelphia. Once I learned this, I knew I wanted to focus on it somehow.”

In his research, Rogelio discovered that 1911 was a time of great change for Wanamaker’s. The store was expanding in size to become one of the largest department stores in the United States. The famed Wanamaker Organ was installed after its cross-country journey carried by thirteen freight cars. President Taft attracted national attention when he traveled to Philadelphia and officially dedicated the store.

As Rogelio puts it, “History has a terrific way of cooperating. I knew a larger store needed more merchandise than ever. That’s when the idea hit me of having an heir to the fortune travel to Paris to bring a little of that culture back with him.”

As he dug deeper into Paris history, he found himself dramatizing the early life of Gertrude and Leo Stein, the art of Pablo Picasso, the theft of the Mona Lisa, and the genius of fashion designer Paul Poiret, who was known for throwing the most lavish parties of the early 20th century. Nathan finds himself swept up in the lives and exploits of these legendary historical figures. But the heart of the play lies with Nathan traveling to a new country on a journey of self-discovery. This journey draws parallels to Rogelio’s own life - he emigrated from Cuba to the United States at nine years old as part of the Mariel boatlift.

“I think it’s safe to say that many of us only begin to discover ourselves when we’re far from home. At the heart of Wanamaker’s Pursuit, you have people who have already made a journey of self discovery helping a younger person do the same.”

Matching Gift PartnersACE Charitable FoundationArchie D. and Bertha H. Walker FoundationAXA FinancialBoeingDCR Environmental Services Inc. Dilworth Paxson LLPEndo Pharmaceuticals ExxonMobil FoundationFederated Department Stores Foundation First Horizon National CorporationFirst Tennessee Foundation

Gannett Foundation GE FoundationGlaxoSmithKlineIBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs Independence Foundation Johnson and Johnson Matching Gifts ProgramMacy’s FoundationMerck Partnership for Giving Merrill Lynch National Football LeagueNational Philanthropic Trust

Penn Virginia CorporationThe Philadelphia FoundationPNC FoundationQuaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSaint-Gobain Corporation FoundationSap America, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation United WayThe Vanguard Group FoundationWilliam Penn Foundation

Make a donation through your workplace United Way program.

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

Corporate, Foundation & Government Support

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

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

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

$7,500 to $14,999Anonymous (2)Aloe Investment CorporationBoeing Corporation PNC Charitable TrustPrincess Grace Foundation-USATD Charitable Foundation

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

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

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

Looking for a business tax break in 2011?Receive a tax credit through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program by supporting the Arden! (Funds directly support Arden for All, education outreach program.)

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

Special thanks to EITC contributors ACE Group, Comcast Corporation, PECO and Susquehanna Bank

Rogelio Martinez

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

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

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

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

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

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

The special generosity of our members enables the Arden to tell great stories by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. To join or for more information, please contact Angela DuRoss,

Development Director at 215-922-8900 x25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

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

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters$500 - $999Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Rebecca and John AdamsStan and Lisa AltmanLinda and Daniel Blickman*Ruth E. BrownCarol CaswellGina DeflaviaCarole M. Foley*Dan GannonMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergEdith KlausnerMary Ellen KroberMike and Helene LoebDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoWhitney Quesenbery and John ChesterPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterFranklyn and Cintra RodgersMarilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie*Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family FoundationMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsCorinne StahlMs. Dorothy S. TomassiniDr. and Mrs. Stephen G. VassoMatthew White*Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton, Amy Murphy and Terry Nolen

$250-$499Carol and Bennett AaronHoward AaronsonRon and Joyce BayerRichard and Joan BehrSheila Bell and Thomas DoddsPat and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanBarry and Marilyn BevacquaSteve Zettler and Cordelia BiddleMr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn BirnhakLinda and Alden BlythMarlin G. BrownCaroline CastagnoBarbara R. CobbRuth Miller CoxJames Crawford and Judith Dean

Jim and Pat Lockhart CulbertsonGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoAnonymousJoseph and Carolyn EvansAnne EwersMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanMs. Joanne E. FieldsBuzz and Linda GambleIn memory of Bob GallagherCharles GearJohn GeronimoMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergBob and Jan GorenBernie and Carole GottliebSusan GreeneBrian HannaBetsy and Ted HershbergJim and Carolyn HessingerDavid and Beth Medoway KaganMr. Philip KalodnerSteven and Patricia King*Barbara and Leonard KlinghofferBernadette Koller^Joel KoppelmanKenneth D. KoppleMarilyn and David KrautMary Ellen KroberRuth and Peter LaibsonSarah and Ledlie LaughlinBarbara Patterson LobbAnonymousJohn and Martha LubellDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffMrs. Grace MadeiraClaudia MadrigaleFrank and Sally MalloryDr. Arlen Marks and David SmithGeorge and Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttAlan and Susan MillerMadeline MillerStephen and Janet MullinPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkSusan Odessey and Paul CoffLaura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O’Neill^Alice and Albert PackmanBarbara and Don ParmanJohn and Judy PeelerVincent and Carmen PezzulloDan PromisloSherri and Abe ReichMary Jo ReillyDulcie RommIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftBrian SeamanDr. and Mrs. Eugene ShusterEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelFrank and Catherine SignorelloJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsJames L. SmithCorinne StahlAnonymousEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonIn Loving Memory of Jordan RosenfeldHella and Lew VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingMarlene WeinbergFred and Arleen WeinsteinMrs. Thomas A. WilliamsJohn Wilson and Allison P. Wilson-MaherMr. and Mrs. Harry W. WoodcockMr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem*Tom and Jackie ZemaitisMichael Zuckerman and Jan Levine

$125 - $249Dr. Ron AbramsJanet and Roger AlwangCarl and Pat BachJudith BarrettSusan Becker and Aaron RubinJoann White and William BeckettJane BibermanDoris and Aaron BitmanMr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat BoyleJ. Joseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineBernard and Pamela BrownsteinSheryl RoserRobert J. Butera

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

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

Peggy AndersonLou Bluver Jane BerrymanAnonymousJames and Suzanne HillMarilyn and Dean R. Staats

We hope you will consider including the Arden in your will or estate plans. To be recognized as a member of the Legacy Society or with questions regarding planned giving, please contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 ext. 25.

Thank You to our Supporters

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$125 - $249 continuedMs. Charlotte E. CadyMr. Joseph CaseyNelly and Scott ChildressSandra and Saul ClairJennifer CoffeyJames Crawford and Judith DeanMichele and Ray DeckerCordelia and Don DelsonDaniel DevlinAndrew and Marla DiamondLarry and Pat DixonEllen and Max DooneiefBeverly DotterKathy and Jerry DrewJill DulanyAngela DuRossPaul and Adele EpsteinSue and Robert EvansWilliam EwingPaul and Judith FarberCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyCharlotte and Mickey FeldmanRuth and Andre FerberLarry and Maureen Mullin FowlerDr. John and Elaine FrankNancy and Richard GabelStan GibellDavid K. GiffordKarhnak-Glasby FamilyGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferRobert and Patti GoodmanKelley Grady*Ona and Stephen HamiltonMary and William HangleyClara and Jorge LaBrakeBrian HannaMary C. HarbisonDonald HargreavesLinda Fowler HartnettBarbara and Robert HauptfuhrerJohn Houle and Katherine HaydenLaurie and Brad IngermanMichael and Judy Jackson, in honor of John BitmanAnonymousSarah C. JordanMr. and Mrs. Charles KahnMr. Philip KalodnerNancy KaneBarbara and Jerry KaplanScott and Margie KasnerAnonymousSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanAlan and Elaine KlawansPatricia and Charles KlingChristal Kozloski*Walter Kraft and Deborah HungJoan and Marc S. LapayowkerBob and Mary LawlerRichard LeeLorraine and late Richard LeffHelene J. LevineLinda and Donald LewisMr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie LewisRobert and Laurel LipshutzWill and Sandy LockLynn and Joe MankoMary Louise MartinPaul and Lee S. MillerMartin and Sandra MillerSusie and Geoff MillsEllen MonseesKeith and Liz MosleyJerome NapsonEtta and Chuck NissmanKathy Nolen EdwardsBrenda J. Oliphant

Betsy OliphantMr. and Mrs. Gerald O’NeillAnonymousMr. Richard PariseauJohn and Judith PeakesDouglas and Mary PeckDavid and Sylvia PerelmanMary and F. Laurence PethickHelen PhillipsRhoda PolakoffNancy PostJohn and Margaret PregSherri and Abe ReichTeresa Reyes and John HogeneschGraham and Betsy Robb, in honor of Lee van de VeldeClaire RoccoFaye and Daniel RossAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerJerry and Bernice RubensteinJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigJoan and Bill SaidelLucille SchlackKenneth SchmittMs. Kim SchmuckiSusan SchweitzerElliott and Ellie SeifElaine L. ShermanVictoria SicksSusan and Robert SimonCeleste SimonWilliam S. SimpsonWilliam and Mary SimpsonBob and Harriet SingerLeslie E. SkiltonDavid and Carleene SlowikMichael and Hannah StarobinJohn and Susan StedmanRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett- StewartRuth P. StuessyAnonymousCathy Toner*Judith Shadden TorranceLisa TruckessJohn UrofskyMalin Van Antwerp*Emily and Charles WagnerClifford and Ann WagnerM. Jane WilliamsSally Wojcik and Will LambrakosBertram and Lorle WolfsonAskold ZagarsBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$75 - $124David ActonEmily AikenNan AldersonDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsArthur S. ApplebaumTheodora W. Ashmead, in honor of Amy MurphyAlan and Sandy AultCynthia and Burgess AyresKatherine BakerDr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlinRobert BaronSally and Morris BarronRobert Bauer and Sandy Clay BauerRichard and Eileen BazelonDavid and Nancy BergmanJay and Nancy BerkowitzHarriet BernsteinSydney and Doris BeshunskyThomas H BlackburnDr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank

Joan BlumPatricia and David BoathPhilip and Elaine BobroveJanice and Roger BoeMarcia BowerFrank BoyerMichael P. BoyleCharles BrennanPaul BreslinJulianne BrienzaMarlin G. Brown*Laurie BrownAnonymousCarol BuettgerAnne BurridgeBob CarfagnoBarbara CarmineJohn CehlarWanna Be a StarMary ChomitzSharyn F. ClausonEdwin G. Close, IIBarbara R. CobbRhoda and Michael CobenJudith CohenSue CohenDr. Marie A. ConnCarol CoplandSandra and James CorryMr. and Mrs. Art CovelloCharles J. CoyleEmily and Bob CroninKimberly Crown*Jennifer DalpiazBarbara DaneluzziJoseph and Helen D’AngeloCharles H. and Suzanne DavisNancy DavisEllen DeaconRita and Grace DenboStephanie DevineyCarole and Marc DichterIn Honor of Marjorie DickeyGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoStuart DonaldsonLei-Lynne Doo-HorvickJean DowdallRay DoyleMr. Murray and Libby Rosof DubinBeverly DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamLois S DursoEileen GildeaMarcia EisenbergDr. and Mrs. Richard EllisLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy EpsteinWally and Jane EvansBarry J. EvansSylvia BeckSamuel and Helene FeinbergMark and Rene FeitelsonMalcolm and Martha FickJohn FischerMarjorie FitermanCurt FoxworthMs. Judy FrankMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FrankMs. Judy FrankDr. John and Elaine FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene and Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichLarry S. FriedmanPaula FuchsbergWendi Furman

New plays created

Audacious musicals come alive

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited

Your GiftMakes It Happen

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

• Philadelphia artists supported

• Educating future theatre-goers

• Dedication to the community

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters$75 - $124 continuedMiriam GalsterBuzz and Linda GambleSusan GasteyerJohn GeronimoKarhnak-Glasby FamilyMs. Joan GmitterMicki and Larry GoldbergLeigh Goldenberg and Aaron BaumanVirginia GormleyLeonard GreenePriscilla GrosickMiriam and Saul GrossmanNancy and Richard GroveSusan and Adam GuttentagCyndi HaasJoyce K. HackmanJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertDonald HargreavesAdrienne and Eric HartLinda Fowler HartnettGail HauptfuhrerDouglas and Harriet HeathAngela and Michael HennesseyAnonymousRuth HerdRon HermanBill Herman and Laurie NavinSusan W. HerronDaniel and Monica HilfertyPatricia and David HoltzArnold and Esther HornGlenna HulsPeter and Barbara HutcheonAram and Jackie JerrehianDonald and Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones AssociatesAnonymousPatricia and Paul KalataThomas Lloyd and Jane KampDonald and Mary KaneSandra R. KarlsonAlex and Joanne KarrasRobert and Ellen KavashMargaret KellerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanCynthia KillionJohn and Cheryl KirbyBrian and Carin KirschnerKen and Eva KleinMarlena and Lazar KleitMary and Dean KlineSteven KnepperHarold KobbChristal KozloskiJames KronzerStephen and Helene KunkelSherman LabovitzAnne B. LadensonDavid LadovBob and Mary LawlerJohn and Joanne LawsonRobert LazarDaniel T. LeeLisa LeeAlan and Susan LevinKaren LewisLinda and Donald LewisWarren and Arline LiebermanBarbara and Richard LindeKaren LiskerPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinDaniel and Linda LitwinLeroy and Ruth LoewensternMelissa Lore*Nancy and Jerry LutinRobert LynamAnonymous

Donald and Nancy MaclayTed and Ronnie MannRonnie and Larry MargelGerald MarringtonIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickDr. Rosalie G. MatzkinLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellRichard and Gretchen McCannM. McDonaldFaith J. McDowellLorraine and Bruce McMahonCeleste McMenaminTom and Helen McNuttCheryl MeyerMarianne MillerEllen MonseesClaire MoyerKathleen MoyerClaire MoyerCarmen Mucci and Lois MarianniKenneth and Susan MyersJerome NapsonJohn and Shirley NeffMr. and Mrs. Gene NichollsBonnie and Eliot NiermanDiane NissenAnonymousCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyHugh C. O’NeillLinda OslerClare and Dewaine OsmanStanton S. OswaldVirginia OwenStacy ParisCheryl and Paul ParkerSydney S. PasternackMichael L and Judy PaulBob and Leila PeckJane G. PepperRuth PetkofskyDonald and Carol PlankDan and Lisa PliskinBruce and Lynne PodratDavid and Amy PollackKaren and David PresselLinda QuamKeith QuintonEllen SchlenkerNatalia RazakKaren and Mark ReberAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanEleanor ReinhardtSue and Bruno RescignaLeslie RescorlaJoy RickabaughClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellLorraine RiesenbachDr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew BushkoSharon and Mark RobbGeorge and Zara RobertsLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillJohn and Claire RodgersFrancoise and Louis RollmannJane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFPPatricia A. RosenbergKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelDr. Harry RosenthalEdwin and Sally RosentholJoan RozanskiJanet RupertDiane RurodeWilliam F. RyanJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigThekla SackstederJanet S. SaltzmanRoberta SampsonMark Sandberg

Lucille SchlackMr. and Mrs. A. SchmidtMs. Kim SchmuckiCarl W. and Mary Ellen SchneiderBonnie SchorskeMs. Adeline R SchultzWarren and Carole Lee SchwomeyerAlex and Stefanie SeldinRobert and Karen SerenbetzSarah L. SextonAntoinette Farrar SeymourA. Paul ShallersLenore and Bernard ShermanMarie and James P ShewCatharine ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversJan and Tom ShowlerEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelAnonymousSuzanne Simons and David BorgenicShirley SivitzIn Memory of Ruth Soloman SmithJames L. SmithRichard and Doranne SmithJohn and Georgia SmythGail SnitzerJay SnydermanSuzanne SpainAnonymousMargaret R. SpencerAnne SpeyerPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinArthur P. StaddonCorinne StahlLeon SteinbergFred Stevens and Usha SrinivasanPaul StoneSally SwitzerNina TafelRichard and Anne TaxMarion and Richard TaxinJoel TempleThe Tobias FamilyLorraine TojiMaureen Torsney-WeirLinda Traver-Neeld and Ken NeeldJohn UrofskyGilda VersteinBeth Brooks and Bob WaterstonThomas WatkinsBrock and Mary WeatherupJenny and Bill WebbOscar WeberVivian WeinblattHarry and Helen WeinheimerAnonymousLydia WindermanChristine WinkelvossSam and Kuna YankellAnonymousWilliam and Joan Zeidner*Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

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

This list acknowledges donors as of Jan 26, 2011. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Megan Staples at 215.922.8900 x46 or mstaples@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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Board and Committee Members

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MarketingMarketing and Public Relations Manager ................................................................................................ Leigh GoldenbergArt Director .......................................................................................................................................................... Kristy GiballaMarketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael ReedGroup Sales Associate ............................................................................................................................................Nanci CopeMarketing Intern ............................................................................................................................... Janeale Gottlieb-George

DevelopmentDevelopment Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRossDirector of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica CalterManager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah SextonDevelopment Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Megan Staples

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

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

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

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

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

Monica Obaga, Fred Ott, James Yandoli

ProductionProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ........................................................................................................................................... Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ................................................................................................................. Jessica Day WestAssistant Technical Director ......................................................................................................................... Will LambrakosMaster Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor ....................................................................................................................................... Alison RobertsProperties Master ...................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwenCharge Scenic Artist ................................................................................................................................. Kristina ChadwickDialect Coach ...................................................................................................................................................... Lynne InnerstArthur Prybyszewski’s Wig Designed by ................................................................................................. Christal Schanes Kiril Ivakin’s Wig Designed by .................................................................................................................................. Wig BoysProduction Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr.Production Stage Managers ......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. HanleyAssistant to the Stage Manager ............................................................................................................ Harry WatermeierCarpenters ............................................................ Thomas Choinacky, Alec E. Ferrell, Kate Sabato, Keighty McLallen,

Jesse McIlvane, Chris Sannino, Georgia SchlessmanElectrician ..................................................................................................................... Amanda Jenson, Christine RichardsStitcher ................................................................................................................................................................... Megan DiehlAudio Engineer .................................................................................................................................................... Larry FowlerCostume Interns ............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina Yecco

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

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

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

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

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

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

GIGI RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 319 Market St. 215-574-8880 • www.gigiphilly.comFine dining food in a “fun” dining atmosphere. A local gem in Old City where everyone feels at home. A new American menu with an international flare.

RISTORANTE PANORAMA 14 N. Front St. 215.922.7800 • www.pennsviewhotel.comFeaturing contemporary authentic Italian cuisine such as homemade pastas, tender veal, and daily seafood specialties, Ristorante Panorama is located in the charming Penn’s View Hotel, in Old City, one block from the Arden. The wine program offers over 120 wines by the glass, and has received Guinness World Records™ “World’s Largest Winekeeper/ Cruvinet System”, Santé Magazine’s “Wine Restaurant of the Year”, Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence”, Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly”, and Decanter Magazine’s “Best Wine By The Glass Program in North America”.

SERRANO 20 S. 2nd St. 215.928.0770 • www.tinangel.comAn eclectic and intimate restaurant with a tinge of romance. “International Home Cooking” has been the Serrano way for over 20 years. Each dish takes the palate on a journey to taste sensations that existed long before the world’s taste buds were impaired by fast food.

TRIUMPH BREWING COMPANY 117 Chestnut St. 215.625.0855 • www.triumphbrewing.comTriumph Brewing Company is a sophisticated restaurant & brewery featuring regional American cuisine and hand-crafted freshly brewed beer. Triumph is located in the heart of Old City.

When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden! All offer a special 10% discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details.

The Men of Mah JonggSociety Hill Playhouse

3/8/2011 – 4/17/2011(215) 923-0210

A Midsummer Night’s DreamLantern Theater Company

3/9/2011 – 4/9/2011(215) 829-0395

Heaven Can WaitThe Broadway Theatre of Pitman 3/11/2011 – 4/3/2011

(856) 384-8381

Evie’s WaltzSimpatico Theatre Project

3/17/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 423-0254

HamletPhiladelphia Shakespeare Theatre

3/18/2011 – 5/14/2011(215) 496-8001

The Pride of Parnell StreetAct II Playhouse

3/22/2011 – 4/17/2011(215) 654-0200

A Flea in her EarTemple Theaters

3/23/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 204-1334

ThirdThe Drama Group 3/24/2011 – 4/8/2011

(214) 844-0724

The PillowmanBootless Artworks

3/25/2011 – 4/9/2011(302) 887-9300

Bat Boy: The MusicalVillanova Theatre

3/29/2011 – 4/17/2011(610) 519-7474

Wanamaker’s PursuitArden Theatre Company

3/31/2011 – 5/22/2011(215) 922-1122

July 7, 1994Arcadia University Theater

4/1/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 572-2112

Educating RitaQuince Productions 4/1/2011 – 4/23/2011

(215) 627-2727

Bernice ButterflyHedgerow Theatre

4/7/2011 – 4/23/2011(610) 565-4211

The Credeaux CanvasTheatre Horizon

4/7/2011 – 4/29/2011(610) 283-2230

As You Like ItThe Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre

4/7/2011 – 5/15/2011(215) 496-8001

Oklahoma!Rose Valley Chorus & Orchestra

4/8/2011 – 4/16/2011(610) 565-2210

Mud, River, StoneThe Stagecrafters

4/8/2011 – 4/24/2011(215) 247-8881

Two Jews Walk Into a War…InterAct Theatre Company

4/8/2011 – 5/1/2011(215) 568-8079

The Full MontyNew Candlelight Theatre

4/8/2011 – 5/22/2011(302) 475-2313

A View from the BridgeTemple Theaters

4/13/2011 – 4/23/2011(215) 204-1334

Chasin’ Dem BluesDelaware Theatre Company

4/13/2011 – 5/1/2011(302) 594-1100

Hail Mary!Montgomery Theater

4/14/2011 – 5/7/2011(215) 723-9984 ext. 10

The Diary of Anne FrankThe Ritz Theatre Company

4/14/2011 – 5/15/2011(856) 959-5230

O BeautifulResident Ensemble Players

4/19/2011 – 5/14/2011(302) 831-2204

Importance of Being EarnestQuintessence Theatre Group 4/20/2011 – 5/15/2011

(1-877) 238-5596

HellEgoPo Classic Theater

4/26/2011 – 5/14/2011(1-800) 595-4TIX

Way to HeavenResident Ensemble Players

4/27/2011 – 5/13/2011(302) 831-2204

Saturn ReturnsTheatre Exile

4/27/2011 – 5/21/2011(215) 218-4022

Club CaliforniaArcadia University Theater

4/28/2011 – 5/8/2011(215) 572-2112

A Moon for the MisbegottenSouth Camden Theatre Co.

4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011(856) 409-0365

The Cripple of InishmaanThe Actors’ NET

4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011(215) 295-3694

4th Annual PlayShop FestivalPhiladelphia Theatre Workshop

4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011(215) 316-1361

Alter BoyzThe Broadway Theatre of Pitman 4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011

(856) 384-8381

Don GiovanniAcademy of Vocal Arts

4/30/2011 – 5/14/2011(215) 735-1685

ON STAGEApril 2011

Get more show listings at phillytheatretix.comPurchase Theatre Alliance gift certificates, accepted at over 75 theatres across the region!

Even when a costume rips, a prop is misplaced,an ankle twists, a singing voice is lost

THE SHOW MUST GO ON– Join us for a behind-the-scenes fundraising event –

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Speed date with Arden favorite artists to hear of flukes and follies firsthand.Tour backstage as the crew reveals

quick changes and trap doors.Small plates, cocktails and an auction.

For questions or more information contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215.922.8900 x. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

Why GFS? For all of these reasons:

We educate leaders. In every field.

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BOOKWORMSYour very own book club to share with your pre-schooler. Each class is themed around a different book. Read the stories together, share observations and use boxes of costumes and props to bring each story to life.

Tuesdays, 4-4:45pm: 6 classes for $90 • Drop-in rate of $15 per classMar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5

Saturdays, 9-9:45am: 8 classes for $120 • Drop-in rate of $15 per classMar 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14

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ARDEN CHILDREN’S THEATRE

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.

The commissioning of THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR was made possible by the generous support of the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation.

SANDWICHES, SOUPS, SALADS, AND MORE.OLD CIty: 214 MARkEt StREEt 215.923.1000

Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center

Next on the Arden’s Arcadia Stage!

A Philadelphian in Paris. A stolen Mona Lisa.

Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso,

and the birth of modern fashion.

So much to write home about.

A new play by Rogelio Martinez Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

WANAMAKER’SPursuit

Mar 31 - May 22WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

L to R: Ghost-Writer (2010), Blue Door (2010), Romeo and Juliet (2010), The History Boys (2009), Sunday in the Park with George (2010), The Threepenny Opera (2010),

Rabbit Hole (2009), Sunday in the Park with George (2010) Photos: Mark Garvin

PRIORITY RENEWALWe’d love you to join us again with a special

priority subscription offer, valid through May 15. Selections for 2011/12:

August: Osage CountyBy Tracy Letts

Directed by Terrence J. NolenSept 29 – Oct 30

A father disappears on a hot summer night. A pill-popping mother summons her grown

daughters back home. Dinner is served, lies are told, and the battle commences. We continue

our tradition of presenting great American family stories with this fiercely funny Pulitzer Prize and

Tony Award winning play. Grace Gonglewski and Carla Belver lead thirteen Philadelphia actors in

this vivid portrait of familiar dysfunction.

Clybourne Park By Bruce Norris

Directed by Edward SobelJan 26 – Mar 11

Clybourne Park tells the story of a house, a neighborhood and the people who have

come and gone over five decades. This daring comedy, leasing characters and property from

the 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun, unearths that gentrification is not just black and white.

Cyrano de Bergerac By Edmond Rostand

Translated and Adapted by Michael HollingerAdapted and Directed by Aaron Posner

Mar 8 – Apr 8Aaron Posner has adapted nine different works at the Arden. Michael Hollinger has premiered seven plays here; and he speaks fluent French. Put that all together and what do you get? You won’t want to miss the latest installment in this

beloved character’s evolution.

TulipomaniaA new musical by Michael Ogborn

Directed by Terrence J. NolenMay 24 – July 1

Before we had the sub prime mortgage crisis, Holland had the Tulip bulb bubble. Six strangers

in an Amsterdam hash bar recall this seedy story of love, sex, money, and power. From the writer and composer of Café Puttanesca and Baby Case comes a new musical that gets high off our

financial lows.

Plus one more show, soon to be announced!(shows subject to change)

Checkout the stagebill insert,stop by the subscription table,

call the box office at 215.922.1122 or visit us online at ardentheatre.org