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By Tracy LettsDirected by Terrence J. Nolen

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Scenic DesignerDAN CONWAY+

Lighting DesignerTHOM WEAVER+

DramaturgEDWARD SOBEL

Costume DesignerALISON ROBERTS

Sound DesignerJAMES SUGG

Assistant DirectorSARAH OLLOVE

By TRACY LETTS

Stage ManagerALEC E. FERRELL*

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN^

September 29 - October 30, 2011F. Otto Haas Stage

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

August: Osage County premiered in June 2007 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, IL,Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director.

Steppenwolf’s production of August: Osage County opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on December 4, 2007.

It was produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian,The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag, and Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group.

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August: Osage County is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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.

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August: Osage County

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome.

When we fi rst moved to this building in 1995, our motto was “Home is where the art is.” And this home has been very good to us. Over the past 15 years, we have produced more than a hundred productions and over a million people (including hundreds of thousands of kids) have passed through these doors – so a little sprucing up was in order.

This past summer we’ve renovated our lobby and backstage spaces. These improvements were made possible through Fund for the Future, a fundraising campaign we launched several years ago to ensure that we had the necessary resources to invest in the upkeep of this building, and to further our artistic work. Under the auspices of this fund, we have made signifi cant improvements including installing new heating and air conditioning systems, replacing the roof, and upgrading our lighting and sound equipment to better serve our theatres. Much of this work is not evident to the public eye, but it ensures that this building will continue to serve our artists and audiences for years to come. Our thanks to all of our supporters who invested in the Arden’s future, and a special thank you to the William Penn Foundation for making this summer’s renovations possible.

Home plays a prominent role in many of the plays that we are producing this season. The Whipping Man takes place in an old plantation house at the very end of the Civil War. Clybourne Park is set in a house fi rst made famous by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. And in Charlotte’s Web, we have the Zuckerman barn. Each of these homes carries a history – the imprint of lives lived. Tonight we enter the Weston family homestead in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Like all homes, it is a place fi lled with so many memories.

The Arden’s mission is to tell great stories by great storytellers, and Tracy Letts is undoubtedly one of the greatest storytellers writing for the stage today. Last season we produced Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts, and I am thrilled to follow that with this production of August: Osage County. A movie will soon be made of this play and I hope it’s great, but I will miss the extraordinary connection that Tracy can foster between an audience and a group of actors. Some stories are best shared live.

Welcome to the Weston family home – and to ours.

Terry

P.S. The Arden Board of Directors recently adopted a new strategic plan, charting our course for the coming years. We extend our deepest thanks to Board Member Joy De Jesús for her leadership of this effort. If you’d like to peruse this document, a copy is available via our website at ardentheatre.org/about/

Terrence J. Nolen

Weston Family Tree

Johnna MonevaTa

Housekeper

Deon Gilbeau

Sheriff

bill FoRDhaM

Barbara’s Husband

Jean FoRDhaM

Grandaughter

beveRlY WeSTon

Patriarch

violeT WeSTon

Matriarch

MaTTie FaeaiKen

Aunt

ChaRlie aiKen

Uncle

liTTle ChaRleS aiKen

Cousin

baRbaRa FoRDhaM

Eldest Daughter

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Middle Daughter

KaRen WeSTon

Youngest Daughter

STeve heiDebReChT

Karen’s Fiancé

Cast of CharactersIn order of appearance

Beverly Weston ................................................................................................................... David Howey*Johnna Monevata .................................................................................................................... Elena Araoz*Violet Weston ........................................................................................................................ Carla Belver*Mattie Fae Aiken ................................................................................................................. Mary Martello*Charlie Aiken ........................................................................................................................ Paul L. Nolan*Ivy Weston ............................................................................................................................ Corinna BurnsBarbara Fordham ....................................................................................................... Grace Gonglewski*Bill Fordham ............................................................................................................................ Eric Hissom*Jean Fordham .......................................................................................................................... Dylan GelulaSheriff Deon Gilbeau ........................................................................................................... Kevin Bergen*Karen Weston ............................................................................................................... Kathryn Petersen*Steve Heidebrecht ........................................................................................................ Anthony Lawton*Little Charles Aiken ................................................................................................ Charlie DelMarcelle*

UNDERSTUDIES: Danielle Adams, Robert Bauer, Rob Cutler, Nathan Foley, Andy Joos, Melissa Kolczynski, Maria Konstantinidis, Tanya Lazar, Michelle Pauls, John Reardon, Lynnia Shanley

PLACE: A large country house outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma, sixty miles northwest of Tulsa TIME: August 2007

The play is performed with two intermissions.

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

Please check houseboards for program changes. Taking pictures and/or making visual or sound recordings is expressly forbidden.

The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org

Connections of a Philadelphia EnsembleThis ensemble of actors has collaborated on an on-going basis at theatres across the region. Through their work, they have developed a shared history and deep trust that we have been lucky to draw from when casting the Weston family. Below, we’ve highlighted some of these past connections.

Grace

EricCarla

Kevin

Elena

Dylan

Arden debut

Carla played Grace’s aunt in The Heiress at the Walnut (and gave

her great knitting advice offstage)

August marks the 4th time Grace and Eric have appeared onstage as a couple, most recently in last season’s A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Elena and Corinna both played Greek Gods in Azuka’s Polaroid Stories

Grace played the donkey-lovin’ Titania to Tony’s Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Prior to playing her uncle in August, Paul has played Grace’s husband (Candida), brother-in-law (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and father-in-law (The Rivals).

CorinnaCharlie

Tony

Mary

PaulKathryn

David

David directed them in productions

at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre

and the Lantern

Paul played the Dad to Corinna’s pregnant teen in Owen Meany

Kevin played

Paul’s son in The Long

Christmas Ride Home

at Studio Theatre in

D.C.

Mother/Daughter in Dividing the Estate at

People’s Light and Theatre Company

Appeared together in

Arden’s A Prayer for Owen Meany

Kathryn wrote a play at People’s Light and Theatre Company (where they are both company members) that Kevin acted in.They also acted together in another Tracy Letts’ play – Man from Nebraska.

Tony covered the title role for one performance of the Arden’s Sweeny Todd opposite Mary’s Mrs. Lovett

They had trouble keeping straight faces while acting together in Arden’s Loot

August: Osage County was originally written for and fi rst produced by Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.

When I was a student at Northwestern University back in the 1980’s, I went to see shows at Steppenwolf, then a small 200 seat storefront theatre. Steppenwolf was a Chicago sensation, just beginning to make its mark on the national scene, and a revelation for an aspiring director.

Steppenwolf was founded by a group of actors who created an acting ensemble that was at the core of that theatre’s artistic life. And what an ensemble it was, including such extraordinary actors as John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Joan Allen. Accordingly, Steppenwolf’s productions were famously hard-hitting and actor-driven, excelling with American plays by such writers as Sam Shepard and Lanford Wilson. Even their less successful productions were marked by moments of terrifi c acting. I remember a production of You Can’t Take it With You with John Mahoney, Laurie Metcalf and Amy Morton (ensemble members all). Renowned for their gritty naturalistic acting style, Kaufman and Hart was not your typical Steppenwolf fare, but John Mahoney was absolutely remarkable as Grandpa Vanderhof and twenty-fi ve years later I can still remember his performance.

When Amy, Aaron and I founded the Arden, we made a commitment to casting Philadelphia actors. Having seen what was possible when a group of artists developed a shared way of working, sprung from years of collaboration, we wanted to create a theatre that would be a home for Philadelphia-based artists. And so, we began to build our own ensemble.

In the two decades since then, the Philadelphia theatre community has fl ourished. Philadelphia is now home to many ensemble-based theatres, such as Pig Iron Theatre Company, EgoPo and The Berserker Residents. As a result, more artists have chosen to put down roots here. Actors who graduate from our universities are staying, and others moving here from other cities – Philadelphia is the place to be. We are fortunate that we can draw upon the great ensemble of actors who make their lives and their art in this city. These actors have worked together at different theatres in numerous productions over many years. They share a history, a common language, a trust, and they are one of this region’s true artistic treasures.

Tracy Letts is both a playwright and an actor, so this play was borne of a deep and abiding commitment to the power and potential of an acting ensemble. This production is in part a celebration of the Philadelphia acting company that enriches so many of our region’s stages.

Terrence J. Nolen

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Fund for the Future was developed to help the Arden “secure the facility” and “grow the art.” This campaign, co-chaired by Lee van de Velde and Peter Hamilton, has allowed us to invest significant resources into making this building a better place for our artists and you, our audiences.

Over the last few years, our Facilities Committee chaired by H. Hetherington Smith has guided the completion of several behind-the-scenes projects including upgrades to our electrical equipment, new HVAC, and the replacement of the roof (thanks in large part to Peter and Alta Hamilton). During the summer of 2011, working with KieranTimberlake principal architect and Arden Board member Richard Maimon, we renovated the lobby, restrooms, green room and dressing rooms.

This Fall we celebrated the completion of these renovations and our Fund for the Future campaign to secure the facility. We hope you enjoy the newly refreshed Arden and we are so grateful to all of the supporters who made this beautiful transformation possible!

CONTRIBUTORS:The 1976 FoundationBrian Abernathy and Elizabeth IrelandMr. Frederick W. Anton, IIIIvy BayardLois and Julian BrodskyCity of Philadelphia, City-wide Capital Grants FundThe CHG Charitable TrustGerard J. ConwayJoy De Jesús and Jamie ReynoldsMichael Donato and Peter SonzogniBob and Nancy ElfantTim and Ellen FosterChristina and David FrymanMatthew and Marie GarfieldElizabeth H. GemmillDavid and Linda GlicksteinTerry GraboyesBonnie GrahamWendy and Albert M. GreenfieldRonna and Bob HallPeter and Alta HamiltonMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon Haskin and Lynn Martin HaskinSteve and Jane HeumannNancy and Alan HirsigIndependence FoundationSusan G. Jacobson and Michael GoldenBarbara and Leslie KaplanJill and Elliot KaplanVirginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia FoundationHolly KinserRichard Maimon and Susan SegalJohn and Amy McCawleyMcLean ContributionshipAndrea Mengel and George A. RitterEllen and Michael MulroneyAmy L. Murphy and Terrence J. NolenAaron PosnerCharles and Dr. Mindy Goldberg RoseHether and Donald SmithHarvey B. SwedloffLee and Christopher van de VeldeStephen and Rosalyn WeinsteinWilliam Penn FoundationRichard E. and Diane Dalto WoosnamThe Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C. HaasEllen Yin

Ribbon cutting to open the newly rennovated lobby(l-r): Producing Artistic Director Terrence J. Nolen, Committee Co-chair Lee van de Velde, Managing Director Amy L. Murphy, Senior Project Manager Paul Horning, Architect Richard Maimon, Facilities Committee Chair Hether Smith, Facilities Committee Members Paul Thais and Chris van de Velde, Director of Institutional Advancement Jessica Calter.

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Who’s WhoELENA ARAOz (Johnna Monevata) NEW YORK: Amelia in House of Bernarda Alba (Pearl Theatre), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (American Globe), Diana in All’s Well That Ends Well (New York Classical Theatre). REGIONAL: Aouda in Around the World in 80 Days (Triad Stage, NC), multiple workshops at Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY), Gretchen in Faust (Aurea, Providence, RI), Octavius and Trebonius in Julius Caesar (Austin Shakespeare Festival, TX), PHILA: Lila Mahnaz in The Rant (Interact Theatre), Trisha in Rocket Man (Theatre Exile), multiple new play workshops with PlayPenn. FILM: currently screening worldwide, the green screen feature film Mars by Geoff Marslett. She holds her MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin. www.elenaaraoz.com

CARLA BELVER (Violet Weston) was last seen in Dividing the Estate at Peoples Light and Theatre Company, with whom she has shared a long association. Last Fall she was in Pittsburgh at City Theatre featured as Erica Morini in The Morini Strad. Favorite roles here at the Arden include Linda in Death of A Salesman, and Kate in All My Sons, for which she was nominated for a Barrymore. Favorite productions at the Walnut Street Theatre include The Faith Healer, Mornings at Seven, and The Heiress. She is thrilled to be back working with Terry and awed and inspired to be a member of this incredible grouping of actors. She wishes to dedicate her performance to two strong women in her life, her daughter, Selaine, and her Mom, Doris, by whom she has been truly blessed.

KEVIN BERGEN (Sheriff Deon Gilbeau) is thrilled to return to the Arden, having previously appeared as Dan Needham in A Prayer for Owen Meany. Kevin was nominated for a Barrymore Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Harry Brown in People’s Light and Theatre’s production of Tracy Letts’ Man from Nebraska. Other Philadelphia region credits include: The Wilma Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre, and InterAct Theatre Company. Kevin has acted at numerous other regional theatres including The Shakespeare Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. He has toured the US with Shenandoah Shakespeare and abroad with American Repertory Theatre’s acclaimed production of The King Stag directed by Andrei Serban and designed and choreographed by Julie Taymor.

CORINNA BURNS (Ivy Weston) was last seen at the Arden as the Angel of Death, a pregnant teenager, and a hapless Virgin Mary, among other roles, in A Prayer for Owen Meany. She’s had the good fortune to work with many great Philadelphia companies, including Pig Iron (Pay Up!, Isabella), Inis Nua (Skin Deep, Pumpgirl), Flashpoint (Phoenix), and Azuka (Neighborhood 3), among others. Next up: Little Gem, with Inis Nua. She dedicates this production to her own dysfunctional family, and to everyone who gets the cosmic joke of it, especially to Melissa Lynch, who is somewhere close by, laughing the loudest of all.

CHARLIE DELMARCELLE (Little Charles Aiken) devotes much of his time to community outreach, theatre education and theatre for young audiences. He serves as: a roster artist for the PA Council on the Arts, a summer instructor at Delaware Theatre Co., a teaching artist at The Lantern and an adjunct faculty member at both West Chester University and Albright College. He has performed locally with: The Lantern, Inis Nua, Azuka, EgoPo, White Box, Amaryllis,

Delaware Theatre Co. and Commonwealth Classic Theatre. This is Charlie’s first show at The Arden and he is so very pleased to be here. Special thanks to Terry, Matt and this amazing cast. KO, XO.

DYLAN GELULA (Jean Fordham) is a native of the suburbs of Philadelphia and is currently a senior at Lower Merion High School. This is her professional theatre debut. Her most recent television credits include Are We There Yet? on TBS and Law and Order: SVU on NBC. She has never been stung by a bee.

GRACE GONGLEWSKI (Barbara Fordham) Off-Broadway: The Flea Theatre, The Guys with Tom Wopat, dir. Tommy Kail. Regional: Arden Theatre Company (24 roles including Hedda Gabler, Candida, and Josie in Moon for the Misbegotten), Walnut Street Theatre, Cape Cod Playhouse, Cape May Stage, Delaware Theatre Com-pany, Mt Gretna Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (8 seasons), Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Wilma Theatre (up next in Body Awareness), 1812 Productions, and a tour of Ireland with Interact Theatre Company. Four Barrymore Awards, F. Otto Haas Award, Dorothy Haas Fellowship, BFA North Carolina School of the Arts. Grace is the voice of Alex’s Lemonade Stand, David’s Bridal, Stainmaster Carpet and many banks, hospitals and politicians around the country. For Brother Zyg.

ERIC HISSOM (Bill Fordham) appeared at the Arden last season as James Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten. Later this season he will appear here as Cyrano in the new Hollinger/Posner translation, a role which he performed last season in the world premier at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. Recent credits include: the National Tour of The 39 Steps, The Vibrator Play at Woolly Mammoth, and directing a production of The 39 Steps at Florida Studio Theatre. He has an MFA from Florida State University and has performed and/or directed at many other theatres across the country including Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Meadowbrook, Cape Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Rep, and Cape May Stage. DAVID HOWEY (Beverly Weston) is Head of the Brind School Acting Program at the University of the Arts. He was an actor in England for 30 years working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre Company, in London’s West End and in innumerable TV series and films. He has appeared on Broadway twice and performed Shakespeare across the USA, including Macbeth at the Annenberg Center, Prospero at Arcadia University and Shylock, Malvolio and Leontes for the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival. He has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Walnut Street, Bristol Riverside, 1812 Productions, Interact, Wilma and Lantern theatres. This is his fourth production for the Arden. ANTHONY LAWTON (Steve Heidebrecht) has acted in Philadelphia for nineteen years.Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut); Austin in True West and Feste in Twelfth Night (Lantern); “man” in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1812); and Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden). In 2005, Lawton received grants from the Independence Foundation and Philadelphia Theatre Initiative to write and develop The Foocy, which garnered five Barrymore nominations (including Best New Play). Film: Unbreakable, Invincible; TV: Hack, Cold Case. The Philadelphia

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Who’s WhoCity Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of The Devil and Billy Markham, The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. For more information on these shows, go to: www.anthonylawtonactor.com.

MARY MARTELLO (Mattie Fae Aiken) started performing at seven and has continued through four kids and fifty years. She trained at BoarsHead Theatre in Michigan, doing everything from Shakespeare and musical comedy to original plays and musicals; in Virginia at Barksdale Dinner Theatre, Theatre IV and Virginia Museum Theatre; in New York at Light Opera of Manhattan, the Public Theatre and a variety of off-off Broadway; in Colorado at the Denver Center Theatre; in New Jersey at Foundation Theatre, Passage Theatre, Theatre Intime and seven seasons at McCarter Theatre. In Philadelphia she found a creative home and has had the privilege of working at the Arden, Azuka, Interact, Lantern, People’s Light, the Prince, the Walnut, the Wilma and 1812. This year, Mary was awarded the Lunt-Fontanne fellowship.

PAUL L. NOLAN (Charlie Aiken) is delighted to be returning to the Arden where he last appeared in Sleeping Beauty. His most recent stage appearance was in the role of the Stage Manager in Our Town at Drexel University. Stage credits from nearly 100 productions include: Endgame, The Hothouse, Hamlet,The Birthday Party, Richard III, The Tempest, White Christmas, and Of Mice and Men. He received Awards for Outstanding Performance from The Hollywood Drama Logue for his work in The Real Thing and Speed-The-Plow. Film and TV includes: My One and Only, The Wire, Oceans 11, Homicide, Animal Factory, Contact and Signs. For more information, please visit: www.paulnolanactor.com

KATHRYN PETERSEN (Karen Weston) is delighted to be working with the folks at the Arden. She is an actress, playwright, and teacher residing in the Philadelphia area. She’s acted in over 70 productions regionally, most recently Dividing the Estate at the People’s Light & Theater Company, where she is a member. As a playwright, ten of her plays have been produced professionally, the latest being The Three Musketeers, The Later Years written with Michael Ogborn. She is an Assistant Professor of Theater at Arcadia University.

TRACY LETTS (Playwright) is the author of the plays Superior Donuts, Killer Joe, Bug (also screenplay), Man from Nebraska (Pulitzer finalist), August: Osage County (Pulit-zer Prize, Tony Award for Best Play). He is an ensemble member of the Steppen-wolf 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? (Al-liance, 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.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of Arden Theatre Com-pany. 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, Char-lotte’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 Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company. Terry has been nominated for 24 Barry-more 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 Direc-tor. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

DAN CONWAY (Scenic Designer) At the Arden: Ben Franklin’s Apprentice, Crime and Punishment, The Pavillion, and My Name Is Asher Lev, all directed by Aaron Posner. Recent /upcoming projects: The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Stephen Raynes, The Shakespeare Theatre; Sucker Punch, directed by Leah C Gardiner (premiere) Studio Theatre; Sabrina Fair, directed by Stephen Raynes, Ford’s Theatre; Cyrano, The Folger Shakespeare Theatre and The Arden; The Vibrator Play, Directed by Aaron Posner, Woolly Mammoth Theatre; The Giver, The Asolo Theatre; The Game’s Afoot, (premiere) directed by Aaron Posner The Cleveland Playhouse. Nominated for the award ten times Mr. Conway is the recipient of the 2000 and 2008 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Set Design, and heads the M.F.A. in Design program at The University of Maryland, College Park.

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) is in her twelfth 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. Last season, she designed A Moon for the Misbegotten and Superior Donuts. Next up at the Arden, she is designing The Whipping Man. You can also see her freelance design work this season with The Constitution Center, Theatre Exile, and Theatre Horizon.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) For the Arden: The Flea and the Professor, The Threepenny Opera, Romeo and Juliet, Blue Door, My Name Is Asher Lev. In the area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is Artistic Director. Other credits include: Theatre J, Two River Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, Virginia Stage, Roundhouse, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep, among others. 6-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

JAMES SUGG (Sound Designer) is a member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 18 original pieces. He has also worked with Milwaukee Rep, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, The Wilma, the Arden, Folger Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage (book and lyrics by Aaron Posner), James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (book and lyrics by Jen Childs). His work has been recognized with 2 Obies, four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist, and a Pew Fellowship.

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Who’s WhoALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) is very happy to be back at the Arden, after last spring’s World Premiere The Flea and the Professor. Past Arden Stage Management credits include: A Moon for the Misbegotten, Ghost-Writer, Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, My Name Is Asher Lev. Other work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Theatre Horizon, PlayPenn New Play Initiative. Proud Member: AEA, SMA. Love to the Family.

SARAH OLLOVE (Assistant Director) is excited to return to the Arden following her work on The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Peter Pan, The Seafarer, and the The History Boys. Sarah is a local freelance dramaturg and director. In addition to the Arden, she has enjoyed working with PTC, Penn Players, Gas & Electric Arts, Theatre Exile, ART, and Untitled Theatre Co. #61 among others. Thanks to Terry and the Arden staff for another great experience!

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 the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. She 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 272 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, nonprofit 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 under 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 • Nick Stuccio

Arden actor transportation courtesy of PhillyCarShare.

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 The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management 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 GroupCampbell Soup Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American PlaysFox Chase BankThe Geraldine R. Dodge FoundationHirsig Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Medical Legal Reproductions+PECO

Pennsylvania Council on the ArtsPhiladelphia Cultural FundThe Philadelphia FoundationTarget Corporation

$7,500 to $14,999AnonymousBoeing Corporation Harmelin Media The Horner FoundationPNC Charitable TrustPrincess Grace Foundation- USASusquehanna BankTD Charitable FoundationThe Wells Fargo Foundation

$2,500 to $7,499Arronson 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 FoundationThe Haley Foundation The Hassel FoundationHatboro Beverages+

Paul E. Kelly FoundationPhillyCarShare+The Pittsburgh FoundationSovereign Bank FoundationSubaru of America FoundationVerizonThe Victory FoundationWalter J. Miller Trust

$750 to $2,49912th Street Catering+Drumcliff FoundationJenkintown Building Services+The Kesher Fund of the Cohen-Fruchtman-Krieger Family, Inc.Louis N. Cassett Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation

$749 and underActors’ Equity Association Foundation William 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

Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above)Anonymous Mr. Frederick W. Anton, IIICHG Charitable TrustPhoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by John Otto & Dr. Janet Haas Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter HamiltonHirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation

Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999)Anonymous Sally and Michael Bailin ^Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie Garfi eld Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia FoundationJosephine KleinSuzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development FundCharles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^Monica and Philip RosenthalLee and Christopher van de VeldeRosalyn and Stephen WeinsteinWyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C. Haas

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999)Carol and Tom BeamJohn Bitman ^Lois G. BrodskyThomas Burke and Rick FountasJohn and Susan ColemanAnne M. CongdonDorothy DelbuenoAnn DieboldBob and Nancy ElfantTim and Ellen Foster^Ms. Elizabeth GemmillLinda and David GlicksteinDavid and MaryJane HackneyRonna and Robert Hall^Leslie and Barbara KaplanDrs. Robin and Saifuddin MamaPeggy and Steve MorganKurt and Mary-Ann ReissSally Walker and Tom Gilmore^June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation

Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499) AnonymousBrian Abernathy and Elizabeth IrelandJohn Alchin and Hal MarryattBethany AsplundhJim and Janet AverillSheryl and Allen BarGiséle Sambar BathishIvy BayardSandy and Mickey BernsteinReggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’NeillLouis BluverJean G. BodineAlmut BreazealeDeDe and Tony BrownNancy BurdChip CapelliChristina Clay, M.D.Priscilla and John ClementJoy De Jesús and Jamie ReynoldsRobert M. DeverTobey and Mark DichterMichael A. Donato and Peter R. SonzogniDeirdre DoonerMarie and Peter DoonerDeb Dorsey and Mike GreenShafi q EbrahimJames R. Fairburn and David A. WickardStephen FalchekTed and Shannon Farmer^Jeanne FisherSandi Foxx-JonesRichard and Diane D. FreyDavid and Christina Fryman*Terry GraboyesMarcy Gringlas and Joel GreenbergGlenn Gundersen and Susan ManixMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon Haskin and Lynn Martin HaskinJane and Steve HeumannSusan Jacobson and Michael Golden*Carol and D. Scott KelleyCaroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy NovickHolly KinserKenneth and Eve KlothenJoseph Kluger and Susan Lewis

Beth and Bill LandmanWinnie and Eric LienWilliam A. LoebRichard Maimon and Susan SegalLarry and Mickey MagidTina MancoLewis R. and Sue Ann MarburgGloria and Dan MarianoJean MarkovitzBarbara and Don MathesonKirsten and James McCoyJohn and Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel and George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasEllen and Michael MulroneyAmy L. Murphy and Terrence J. NolenRon and Suzanne NaplesMichael Norris and Matt VarratoThomas Petro and Kristine MessnerDr. and Mrs. Joel PorterAnn and Frank Reed, through the Malfer FoundationAmelia Q. RileyEllen RosenthalPhyllis and Martin RosenthalDolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie BeechmanHether, Don and Sarah SmithRichard and Amanda Smoot Marilyn and Dean R. Staats^Harold and Emily Starr^Kathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationKeith and Jim StrawAdelaide Sugarman and Marshall GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffEileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin TuzmanThomas and Patricia Vernon^Sandy and Michael WaxRichard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto WoosnamMike Salmanson and Tobi Zemsky Ellen Yin+Hope YursaZAKARAK 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

For 11 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 - $999Rebecca and John AdamsStan and Lisa AltmanPeggy AndersonSheila Bell and Thomas DoddsCarol and Bruce CaswellDrs. Fred and Karen ClarkCarole M. Foley*Dan GannonIn memory of Bob GallagherJohn GeronimoBarbara and Jerry KaplanGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoBernadette Koller^Mary Ellen KroberRuth and Peter LaibsonMike and Helene LoebDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoGeorge and Judy McCarthyWhitney Quesenbery and John ChesterPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterFranklyn and Cintra RodgersMarilyn Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie*Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family FoundationPhilip and Susan SchlegelRobert and Karen SharrarDorothy S. Tomassini and Barry

BrennerMatthew White*Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton

$250-$499James Akerberg and Larry SimmonsIn Memory of Gerald AlpaughCarol and Bennett AaronHoward AaronsonRon and Joyce BayerBarry and Marilyn BevacquaRichard and Joan BehrPat and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanSidney BeshunskyCordelia Biddle and Steve Zettler Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn BirnhakLinda and Alden BlythLinda and Daniel Blickman*Philip and Elaine BobroveMarlin G. Brown*Caroline CastagnoDebbie and Alan CasnoffPatricia M. CollinsRuth Miller CoxJames Crawford and Judith DeanJim and Pat CulbertsonMichael DotseyJoseph and Carolyn Evans

Anne EwersMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanRuth and Andre FerberDr. John and Elaine FrankCharles GearMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergKathleen and Paul Goldenberg Bob and Jan GorenBernie and Carole GottliebBrian HannaAnonymousCharles W. Head, Jr.Jim and Carolyn Hessinger Susan GreeneDavid and Beth Medoway KaganMr. Philip KalodnerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanBarbara and Leonard KlinghofferJoel KoppelmanKenneth D. KoppleMarilyn and David KrautClara and Jorge LaBrakeLorraine and late Richard LeffDavid LesherPat and Jim Lobb AnonymousPatricia Lockhart and James Culbertson^John and Martha LubellDr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff

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

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

Peggy Anderson James and Suzanne HillJane Berryman Mary Ellen KroberLou Bluver Marilyn and Dean R. StaatsPeter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom

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.

The plays we have seen at the Arden have given us the opportunity to share in common our perceptions and have led to spirited discussions as a family.

- Saifuddin and Robin Mama

We thoroughly appreciate the excellent performances and also the focused attention that Arden brings to the development of new plays. In addition, we are aware that the Arden strives to encourage new talent through its apprentice program and annually introduces theatre to more than 5,000 underserved students in the Philadelphia and Camden areas.

- Eric and Winnie Lien

Whether it’s bringing a favorite book to life with a bunch of dogs on roller skates or a family of brave children living in a boxcar; the magical puppetry of a big, friendly giant; or, of course, the transportive properties of a Giant Peach or pixie dust, our kids know that the Arden will leave them entertained and enthralled.

- Mike Salmanson and Tobi Zemsky

I am grateful to be able to contribute to this wonderful, magical place where I can believe the unbelievable and be transported deep inside myself through the story unfolding on the stage.

- Bethany Asplundh

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

Join the Sylvan SocietyA gift of $1,000 or more annually entitles you to invitations to opening nights, new play readings, access to artists and more!

How YOU Can Support the Arden…

Make a giftYour support above and beyond your ticket purchase helps us to continue to grow!

Join the Legacy SocietyLeave your mark by including the Arden in your will or estate plans.

Why I Support the Arden….

Thank You to our Supporters$250-$499 continuedMrs. Grace MadeiraJohn Wilson and Allison P. Wilson- MaherFrank and Sally MalloryDr. Arlen Marks and David SmithMary Louise MartinGloria McNuttIris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Alan and Susan MillerStephen and Janet MullinJerome NapsonPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkBrenda J. OliphantMr. and Mrs. Gerald O’Neill^Barbara and Don ParmanVincent and Carmen PezzulloValerie Brand Pipano and Tal PipanoDan PromisloMary Jo ReillyGraham and Betsy Robb, in honor of Lee van de VeldeIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftHarold and Sharon SchwalmEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelJoan and Bill SaidelDavid and Carleene SlowikJames L. SmithAnne SpeyerEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonAnonymousHella and Lew VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingMarlene WeinbergFred and Arleen WeinsteinMrs. Thomas A. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Harry W. WoodcockAskold ZagarsTom and Jackie Zemaitis

$125 - $249Dr. Ron AbramsEmily AikenJanet and Roger AlwangArthur S. ApplebaumTheodora W. Ashmead, in honor of Amy MurphyAlan and Sandy AultJudith BarrettLisa BeckerSusan Becker and Aaron Rubin

Joann White and William Beckett^Jay and Nancy BerkowitzJane BibermanDoris and Aaron BitmanJanice and Roger BoeMr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat BoyleMichael P. BoyleJ. Joseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineDavid BrownleeBernard and Pamela BrownsteinSheryl RoserEvelyn and Gary CarpenterMr. Joseph CaseyNelly and Scott ChildressMr. and Mrs. Fred and Karen ClarkJennifer CoffeyCharles J. CoyleMary Ann DaileyEllen DeaconRaymond and Michele DeckerCordelia and Don DelsonStephanie DevineyDaniel DevlinLarry and Pat DixonEllen and Max DooneiefBeverly DotterKathy and Jerry DrewJill DulanyAngela DuRossPaul and Adele EpsteinSue and Robert EvansPaul and Judith FarberCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyLarry and Maureen Mullin FowlerStan GibellDavid K. GiffordKarhnak-Glasby FamilyGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferDiane GraboyesJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertDona and Curt Haltiwanger^Ona and Stephen HamiltonMary C. HarbisonAdrienne and Eric HartLinda Fowler HartnettBarbara and Robert HauptfuhrerRon HermanHeidi HertfelderLenora Hume

Michael and Judy Jackson, in honor of John BitmanSarah C. JordanMr. and Mrs. Charles KahnNancy KaneSandra R. KarlsonScott and Margie KasnerPhyllis KauffmanRobert and Ellen Kavash^AnonymousAlan and Elaine KlawansPatricia and Charles KlingSteven KnepperHarold KobbWalter Kraft and Deborah HungRichard LeeAlan and Susan LevinHelene J. LevineMr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie LewisKaren Lewis^Linda and Donald LewisWarren and Arline LiebermanBarbara and Richard LindeRobert and Laurel LipshutzWill and Sandy LockLeroy and Ruth LoewensternRobert LynamLynn and Joe MankoTed and Ronnie MannGerald MarringtonFaith J. McDowellMartin and Sandra MillerPaul and Lee S MillerSusie and Geoff MillsKeith and Liz MosleyEliot NiermanDiane Nissen^Etta and Chuck NissmanCarol L. O’BrienAnonymousLaura Offutt and Steve FukuchiAnonymousMr. Richard PariseauJohn and Judith PeakesDouglas and Mary PeckBob and Leila PeckMary and F. Laurence PethickRhoda PolakoffJohn and Margaret PregSherri and Abe ReichTeresa Reyes and John HogeneschFrancoise and Louis RollmannFaye and Daniel Ross

Thank You to our Supporters$125 - $249 continuedAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerJerry and Bernice RubensteinWilliam F. RyanPeter RykerRuth and Marvin SachsMr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt^Ms. Kim SchmuckiCarl W. and Mary Ellen SchneiderJoseph and Louise ShafferElaine L. ShermanVictoria SicksVirginia P. Sikes, Esq.Celeste SimonWilliam and Mary SimpsonMs. Anne SingerBob and Harriet SingerShirley SivitzLeslie E. SkiltonEd SobelMargaret R. SpencerJohn and Susan StedmanRita StevensRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-StewartPaul StoneRuth P. StuessyRichard and Anne TaxLorraine TojiCathy Toner*Lisa TruckessThe Vandergrift-Baxter FamilyEmily and Charles WagnerM. Jane WilliamsBertram and Lorle WolfsonBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$75 - $124Lawrence AbramsonDavid ActonNan AldersonReverend Albert AlspachDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsHelen AsterAnn and Larry AuerweckRita AxelrodCynthia and Burgess AyresDr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlinRobert Bauer and Sandy Clay BauerRichard and Eileen BazelonBikki Bevelhymer-Chiang

Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin BlankJoan BlumMyron and Sharon BlumbergSamuel BobrowLily and Newman BortnickFrank BoyerCharles BrennanJohn D. Brewster Jr.AnonymousMichael P. BuckleyRobert J. ButeraBryn Mawr AlumnaeBob CarfagnoBarbara CarmineSusan ChaplickLeah ChaplinAlice A. ChittendenMary ChomitzPaul ChrystieEstelle ChunnEdwin G. Close, IIRhoda and Michael CobenJudith CohenRabbi and Mrs. Henry CohenSue CohenJohn R. CollettDr. Marie A. ConnJanet CookSusan CookSandra and James CorryZoe CoulsonMr. and Mrs. Art CovelloKimberly CrownJennifer DalpiazCharles H. and Suzanne DavisNancy DavisJudith DederickRita and Grace DenboCarole and Marc DichterIn Honor of Marjorie DickeyStuart DonaldsonJean DowdallRay DoyleMr. Murray and Libby Rosof DubinBeverly DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowLois S. DursoMarcia EisenbergDr. and Mrs. Richard EllisLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy EpsteinBarry and Beth EvansWally and Jane Evans

Sylvia Beck and Jay FedermanSamuel and Helene FeinbergMark and Rene FeitelsonMalcolm and Martha FickJohn FischerDeborah and Martin FishbeinLana FishkinMarjorie FitermanMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FrankDrs. Barbara and Len FrankMs. Judy FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene and Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichLarry S. FriedmanPaula FuchsbergMary Jane FullamBuzz and Linda GambleGeorge and Pooh GephartGeoffrey and Karen GlauserMs. Joan GmitterMicki and Larry GoldbergBrian GoldsmithLeonard GreeneMiriam and Saul GrossmanNancy and Richard GroveSusan and Adam GuttentagJoyce K. HackmanMartha Ann HansonDonald HargreavesGail HauptfuhrerBeverly HaydenDouglas and Harriet HeathAngela and Michael HennesseyHerbert and Gayl HenzeJoseph Herbst^Ruth HerdBill Herman and Laurie NavinJudy Herman and Steve SmallSusan W. HerronTom and Wendy HibberdTerry HirshornLisa and Bill HoffmanDr. David HoltzThomas K. HursterJackie JerrehianDonald and Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones AssociatesAnonymousThomas Lloyd and Jane KampDonald and Mary KaneMargaret KellerCynthia KillionBrian and Carin KirschnerGregory Kleiber

Thank You to our SupportersMary and Dean KlineSteven KnepperChristal Kozloski*Stephen and Helene KunkelSherman LabovitzDavid LadovRobert Lamb^Bob and Mary LawlerJohn and Joanne LawsonKathryn LeeDaniel T. LeeLisa LeeBob and Sharon LeibNatalie LevkovichNorman and Sylvia LiebermanKaren LiskerPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinDaniel and Linda LitwinNancy and Jerry LutinRonnie and Larry MargelBetty Margolis and Sidney ArensonMilton and Renee MarguliesGlenda MarshallIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellRichard and Gretchen McCannLorraine and Bruce McMahonCeleste McMenaminTom and Helen McNuttCheryl MeyerMarianne MillerEllen MonseesStephen and Lisa MoranoJeff and Maxine MorganMr. and Mrs. David N. MostellerClaire MoyerKathleen MoyerCarmen Mucci and Lois MarianniTheodore Munz Jr.Paul Yaros and Craig MurrayKenneth and Susan MyersJohn and Shirley NeffMr. and Mrs. Gene NichollsBonnie and Eliot NiermanKathy Nolen Edwards and Bill EdwardsJay and Joan OchrochTimothy O’MalleyLinda OslerStanton S. OswaldSandra PackelSydney S. PasternackJane G. PepperDonald and Carol PlankDan and Lisa Pliskin

Bruce and Lynne PodratDavid and Amy PollackMadeline PortnoyAaron PosnerKaren and David PresselLinda QuamKeith QuintonNatalia RazakKaren and Mark ReberEleanor ReinhardtLeslie RescorlaJoy RickabaughClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellLorraine RiesenbachDr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew BushkoSharon and Mark RobbGeorge and Zara RobertsMary Ann RobinsonDebbie RobinsonLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillJohn and Claire RodgersJane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFPPatricia A. RosenbergBernie and Camille RosenbergKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelDr. Harry RosenthalEdwin and Sally RosentholJoan RozanskiBernard and Barbara RuekgauerJanet RupertDiane RurodeJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigThekla SackstederJanet S. SaltzmanRoberta SampsonMark SandbergEllen SchlenkerLucille SchlackMs. Adeline R. SchultzAlex and Stefanie SeldinRobert and Karen SerenbetzSarah L. SextonKaren Schermerhorn and Evan SeymourAntoinette Farrar SeymourCharlotte ShapiroLenore and Bernard ShermanMarie and James P. ShewCatharine ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversJan and Tom ShowlerMel and Susanne ShusterAnonymousIn Memory of Ruth Soloman Smith

Jay SnydermanAnonymousPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinDaniel SteikerLeon and Marcia SteinbergJoel and Barbara StewartDebra StraussSally SwitzerNina TafelMarion and Richard TaxinAnonymousJoel TempleJoseph TerryWilliam and Joan ThomasThe Tobias FamilyMarian TraceyLinda Traver-Neeld and Ken NeeldBrenda Freitag and Chet TuthillJohn UrofskyGilbert Feinberg and Nadeen Van TuyleWilliam VaughnClifford and Ann WagnerMr. John WaldieBeth Brooks and Bob WaterstonThomas WatkinsBarbara WatsonJenny and Bill WebbOscar WeberVivian WeinblattHarold WeinerHarry and Helen WeinheimerAnonymousChristine WinkelvossSam and Kuna YankellAnonymousBarbara ZalkindJoan and William Zeidner*Michele Zeldner and Ian Wachstein

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

This list acknowledges donors as of Sept 5, 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

2011/12 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. GermanAlbert 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. NolenCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de VeldeStephen WolfsonDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

Board Executive CommitteeEllen Foster, chairBrian AbernathyJoy L. De JesúsMichael DonatoRonna F. HallPeter HamiltonNancy HirsigVirginia KimmelAndrea MengelCharles RoseHether SmithLee van de Velde

Board Development Committee Ellen Foster, chairMichael DonatoPeter HamiltonRonna HallLynn HaskinLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Education Committee Sheryl BarMarla DiamondDr. Dennis W. CreedonDr. Carol DombJacqueline MatusowIlene PosesSally Wojcik

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

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

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

The Scene CommitteeMike DonohueSeth GoldenbergGenvieve Goldstein Janeale Gottlieb-GeorgeDana MarstonMeghan McKeown

Advocacy CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chair David GlanceyTerry Gillen Julie HawkinsSusan Jacobson Holly Kinser

Individual Giving Ambassador Committee Virginia Kimmel, chairCharles Rose, chairGisele BathishJohn BitmanRichard FreyDavid HackneySteve Heumann

Individual Giving Strategy CommitteeVirginia Kimmel, chairCharles Rose, chairLynn HaskinNancy HirsigSteven SegalHarvey SwedloffDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

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

Strategic Planning CommitteeJoy De Jesús, chairEllen FosterDavid FrymanAndrea MengelEllen Yin

StaffArtisticProducing Artistic Director ........................................................................................................................Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward SobelAssociate Producer ...................................................................................................................................... Matthew DeckerLiterary Consultant ............................................................................................................................................Dennis SmealAdministrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................................ Bryan KerrArtistic Interns ........................................................................................................................... Lauren Gates, David MackayCommissioned Playwrights ......................................................................Laura Eason, Laura Jacqmin, Rogelio Martinez

Administrative ManagementManaging Director .......................................................................................................................................... Amy L. MurphyBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker MartinAssociate General Manager ........................................................................................................................Mary Beth SimonArden Professional Apprentices ........................................................Kaleigh Malloy, Alan Paramore, Samantha Pedings

Ryan M. Prendergast, Zach Trebino, Flora Vassar Arden Volunteer ................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz

MarketingDirector of Marketing and Public Relations ........................................................................................................ Ryan KlinkMarketing and Public Relations Manager ................................................................................................ Leigh GoldenbergArt Director .......................................................................................................................................................... Kristy GiballaGroup Sales Associate .....................................................................................................................................Shanna Tedeschi

DevelopmentDevelopment Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRossDirector of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica CalterManager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah SextonDevelopment Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Megan StaplesDevelopment Interns .......................................................................................................... Lucia Cumberland, Beth Miller

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 ................................... Nanci Cope, Tara Demmy, Michael Durkin, Mark Kennedy, Bryan Kerr,

Fred Ott, Katherine PerryProductionProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ........................................................................................................................................... Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ................................................................................................................. Jessica Day WestMaster Carpenter/Shop Foreman ........................................................................................................................... Jon WestMaster Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor ....................................................................................................................................... Alison RobertsProperties Master ........................................................................................................................................ Christopher HaigCharge Scenic Artist ................................................................................................................................. Kristina ChadwickProduction Stage Managers ....................................................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, Katharine M. HanleyAssistant to the Stage Manager ....................................................................................................................... John GrasseyScenic Interns .......................................................................................................................... Joshua Klein, Brooke Murray Props Intern ................................................................................................................................................... Kate SpendelowCostume Intern .................................................................................................................................................. Trevor PierceAssistant to the Lighting Design .................................................................................................................... Sydney JusticeAssistant to the Sound Design ................................................................................................................... Mark ValenzuelaDialect Coach ...................................................................................................................................................... Neill HartleyFight Director ................................................................................................................................... Darren Michael HengstAudio Engineer ..................................................................................................................................................... Zach BrownDresser/Deck Crew ............................................................................................................................................ Kate SabatoStitcher ....................................................................................................................................................... Jessica June Shipley

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BYOB

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STEAKHOUSE

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SANDWICHES, SALADS, AND PUB FARE

CAMPO’S214 Market St. • 215.923.1000 www.camposdeli.com

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ITALIAN

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SMALL BITES AND TREATS

SHANE CONFECTIONERY 110 Market St. • 215.922.1048 www.shaneconfectionery.com

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Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre The Arden received 22 Barrymore nominations for the 2010/11 Season, the most nominations of any company in Philadelphia. We congratulate all the artists that made our season a success.

GHOST-WRITER• Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play - Michael Hollinger• Outstanding Costume Design - Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind• PECO Award for Outstanding Light Design - Jerold R. Forsyth

THE THREEPENNY OPERA• Overall Production of a Musical • Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Terrence J. Nolen• Garfi eld Refi ning Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical - Mary Martello

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN• The Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play - Grace Gonglewski

SUPERIOR DONUTS• Brown Martin Philadelphia Award• Outstanding Choreography/Movement - John V. Bellomo• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play - James Ijames

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR• Overall Production of a Musical• Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Anne Kauffman• Garfi eld Refi ning Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical - Rob McClure• Garfi eld Refi ning Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical - Scott Greer• Outstanding Acting Ensemble in a Musical - Acting Ensemble• Outstanding Costume Design - Olivera Gajic• PECO Award for Outstanding Light Design - Thom Weaver• Outstanding Music Direction - Dan Kazemi• Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Set Design - Louisa Thompson• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical - Aaron Cromie• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical - Kim Sullivan• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical - Alex Keiper

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The American FamilyArden Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel commisssioned August: Osage County and was the dramaturg for the original production at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and subsequent Broadway run. We asked Ed to share a few thoughts about the play.

“Home is the place where when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” – Robert Frost, The Death of a Hired Man

It’s hard to fi nd a play that isn’t in some way about family. The great tragedies of ancient Greece (think Sophocles’ Oedipus or Antigone) while pursuing ideas of political power, responsibility, and free will have as their principal advocates members of the same family. (Oedipus murders his father and sleeps with his mother. Antigone rebels against Kreon, her uncle, because she wishes to properly bury her brother.) The mighty Shakespeare’s discourses on the ability to take meaningful action (Hamlet) or the vicissitudes of inherited power (Henry IV) look at humanist and existential questions as they play out within family dynamics. (Hamlet seeks to avenge the murder of his father by his uncle. Young Hal navigates his diffi cult relationship with his own father, and tests a surrogate in Falstaff.)

The American dramatic tradition is equally, if not more tightly bound to the familial – even plays thought to be primarily of social signifi cance and commentary (Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun) revolve around contests between parents and children or husbands and wives. With August: Osage County, Tracy Letts draws upon his own family lore, amplifying these stories with an artist’s delight in extreme behavior and moral ambiguity. But while outrage and outrageousness permeate the play, one should not be so distracted by the emotional fi reworks as to lose track of the social critique. It is not just the pathology of the American family about which Tracy is concerned, but the American family.

The play begins with the interrogation of a Native American woman who agrees to take on the job of caring for this family, descendents of those who have invaded her homeland and destroyed her people. What follows is not only an investigation into familial betrayals and rivalries, but the diagnosis of dysfunction for an entire class of people. With its large cast of characters and form (a three-act structure) Tracy is not only referencing theatrical days of yore, but also demanding a canvas large enough for individual relationships to take on metaphorical signifi cance and sweep. In one of our earliest conversations about the script, Tracy told me that the play was partly about what happens when “men abandon the fi eld”. Certainly the male characters in the play abrogate responsibility for themselves and others in ways both hilarious and damning. We leave it to you to determine whether the women follow suit.

Sweltering around the arguments, not to mention outright fi sticuffs, of the play is the sticky truth that no matter what the members of this family do, they can not extract themselves from their familial history or the family fabric. Their original sin, as with O’Neill’s great tragic families in Long Days Journey Into Night or Desire Under the Elms, is simply being born. Their continued affl ictions – addiction, greed, self-interest, moral confusion – are inherited as surely as the mythic American values – the right to happiness, self-determination, ambition, capitalism – of which they are extensions or complements.

Family. We all have one. Some may even have one that looks like the Westons. We all have a country. Even one that looks like America.

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Adapted from the book by E.B. WhiteBy Joseph RobinetteDirected by Whit MacLaughlin

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