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GHOST~WRITER A new play by Michael Hollinger Directed by James J. Christy Sep 9 - Nov 7 Production Sponsor:

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Arden Theatre Company presents the new play GHOST-WRITER by Philadelphia playwright Michael Hollinger from Spet 9 - Nov 7, 2010.

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GHOST~WRITERA new play by Michael Hollinger

Directed by James J. Christy

Sep 9 - Nov 7

Production Sponsor:

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“...a local treasure”

Philadelphia Weekly

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Scenic DesignerDAVID P. GORDON+

Lighting DesignerJEROLD R. FORSYTH+

DramaturgEDWARD SOBEL

A new play by MICHAEL HOLLINGER

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Scenic DesignerDAVID P. GORDON+

Lighting DesignerJEROLD R. FORSYTH+

DramaturgEDWARD SOBEL

Costume DesignerCHARLOTTE CLOE FOX WIND

Sound DesignerJORGE COUSINEAU

Assistant DirectorMATT SILVA

A new play by MICHAEL HOLLINGER GHOST~WRITER

Stage ManagerALEC E. FERRELL*

Directed by JAMES J. CHRISTY

September 9 - November 7, 2010Arcadia Stage

Production Sponsor:

Honorary Producers: FRED AND EMILY ANTON

Produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.This play is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

This play is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Applause, please, for our Media Partners:

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.

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

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WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to our 23rd season and the 7th world premiere production of a new play by Michael Hollinger.

It’s been remarkable to be part of Michael’s work over the past 15 years. With the exception of Stephen Sondheim and William Shakespeare, we have produced no other writer more. This sustained—and sustaining—relationship is a vital part of the Arden’s artistic identity and something of which I am very proud.

I love the fact that so many of our audience members have seen more than one Michael Hollinger play—and some of you have seen all of them. Our audience has a special connection with Michael’s work, and this ongoing relationship is very important to me. Of course people have their favorite plays—or favorite memories. For Fred Anton, the Honorary Producer for this production, it’s the image of two grown-up sisters recreating their cherished childhood flying game in the projection booth in Tiny Island. Others talk about the music of Opus or the vitality of “the monk play” (Incorruptible).

More and more, Michael’s work is being produced at theatres across the country, and many theatres have developed their own special relationships with his work, producing a number of his plays. We are proud that writers who choose to have their work premiere here are being embraced by theatres and audiences throughout the country. In this coming season there are numerous productions planned of Michael Hollinger’s Opus, as well as multiple productions of Aaron Posner’s My Name Is Asher Lev. And Wittenberg, written by David Davalos, will be produced at The Pearl Theatre in New York, with Scott Greer once again playing Faustus. In fact, there are already several productions of Ghost-Writer scheduled at other theatres later this season.

With each new play, we are committed to bringing our best resources and passion to bear to bring it to life. Yet in many ways, we are as committed to the playwright as we are to the play, for it is these ongoing relationships that truly define who we are as a company. We produce plays; but more importantly, we seek to develop playwrights—as they represent our best hopes for the work still to be created.

I want to thank the Independence Foundation, the Edgerton Foundation, Fox Chase Bank, and Fred and Emily Anton for their generous support of this production. Their investment in this play, in the unknown, and in our artistic future is inspiring and deeply appreciated.

And so we begin—a new season and a new play. Thank you for being part of it.

It is especially gratifying to have Megan Bellwoar appear in this production since it was Megan who first introduced me to Michael’s work. Megan was working as my assistant at the time (she actually helped find this building in which you are now sitting), and she asked me if I would read her husband’s new play. That play was An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf—which we produced in 1994 and then again two years ago as part of our 20th anniversary season. Who could have guessed that it would be such an incredible journey?

Terrence J. Nolen

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Cast of CharactersMyra Babbage ..................................................................................................................... Megan Bellwoar*Vivian Woolsey ....................................................................................................................Patricia Hodges*Franklin Woolsey ................................................................................................................... Douglas Rees*

UnderstudiesEmily Rast, John Reardon, Amy Walton

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

Arden Theatre Company proudly participates in the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, a program of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.

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Playwright’s Thanks

In addition to the current creative team, whose outsize talents and devoted labors are on display in this production, I am indebted to many others who have helped bring Ghost-Writer to life, most notably:

Israel Horovitz and the New York Playwrights Lab, where the play first began.Emily Morse, John Steber and New Dramatists, where it received its first reading.Paul Meshejian and the 2009 PlayPenn new play conference, where it was first workshopped.Fran Kumin and The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, which supported a second PlayPenn workshop in May-June, 2010.Arden Theatre Company and Villanova University, collaborative partners in the 2010 workshop.Harriet Power, who directed the New Dramatists reading and 2009 workshop.Jim Christy, who directed the 2010 workshop.Actors Richard Bekins, Janis Dardaris, Nancy Boykin, Dan Kern, Elizabeth Dowd, and Greg Wood.Dramaturgs Larry Loebell and Ed Sobel; Assistant Dramaturg Mark Costello.Designers John Hoey and Rob Kaplowitz.Jim Hollinger, Bob Hedley, Cary Mazer, Karen Getz, Michele Volansky, John Wooten and Erica Nagel, for inspiration and insight.Mary Harden and Harden-Curtis Associates.The tireless, dedicated staff of the Arden, in particular Terry Nolen, for fostering my work these many years.Megan Bellwoar, for all things, but especially patience.

– Michael Hollinger

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Risk. Webster’s dictionary defines it as exposure to the chance of injury or loss, or to act in spite of the possibility of injury or loss. The risk-taker acts with the prize of a payoff juxtaposed against the vulnerability of failure, defeat and loss. Sometimes the loss is financial. Sometimes it is in the form of a shattered relationship. Sometimes it is a loss of reputation, or track record, or bruised ego.

Risk is the common thread in Ghost-Writer. It begins with playwright Michael Hollinger taking the risk to showcase his newest creation before the Arden Theatre family. Will the story resonate with us? Will his carefully nuanced lines, worked and re-worked again and again, captivate us and draw us into the story line and plot?

Arden Theatre Company takes a risk with each new work they bring to the stage. New works are inherently risky simply because they are untried, untested, and unknown. The Arden family has been open to the risk-taking associated with so many new works birthed on our stage. As the 31st new work to come alive at the Arden, will Ghost-Writer further the Arden’s reputation for spotting great new works for the stage? Fox Chase Bank takes the risk of pinning our name as production sponsor to this brand new play.

Finally, we turn to novelist Franklin Woolsey’s secretary, Myra. She is about to take a gigantic risk. Will it pay off for her or end in disaster?

Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation is delighted to be the production sponsor for Arden Theatre Company’s production of Ghost-Writer. We are privileged to share this new creation with you. We believe it was well worth the risk. And we salute all the risk takers, in businesses, and in the arts. Thank you for the courage to risk, the courage to create, the courage to put it all on the line...

Cheers!

Thomas M. PetroChief Executive OfficerFox Chase Bank and Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation

A Message From Our Production Sponsor

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Some Thoughts on Ghost-Writer

The development of Michael’s writing has been fascinating to watch. While there are constants–acute verbal wit, intellectual playfulness and real heart–his genre and style choices have been really wide ranging: from the farcical satire of Incorruptible to the tongue-in-cheek film noir of Red Herring, to the intellectual comic melodrama of An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf and the sharply realistic probing of the dynamics of a small group of artists in Opus.

Ghost-Writer seems more private and intimate than his previous work. We are inside the head of Myra, an early 20th century typist-amanuensis to a famous author; she is giving an interview and the memory scenes she

evokes are colored by her feelings and point of view. We follow her narrative as she struggles to present her controlled version of the events of the story, but Myra is often led by her underlying feelings to a more emotional and revealing version of the story than she intended. The strong concentration on a single character’s awareness, driving the play and leading to its catharsis, is different for Michael and riveting in its personal quality. The unfolding of Myra’s memories involves a close investigation of the nature of the writer’s process from the extreme patience needed while waiting for the words to come, to the moment of inspiration when they start to flow (as the character of Woolsey is dictating his work, the moment of inspiration is quite literally marked by the inspiration of breath to speak), to the hard drudgery of revision and the exhilaration of completion. We experience the isolation and, indeed, loneliness of the creative process through the eyes and sensibility of a transcriber who must render herself invisible to aid her employer’s process. Myra’s self-effacement over the fifteen years of the story seems somehow to connect her to the source of the words, such that, finally, it feels perfectly natural that the words should continue after the writer is gone. It almost seems that the work, itself, is struggling to express and complete itself. The play poses fascinating questions about the nature and source of creative expression, in this regard. The play depicts the reality of the writer’s isolation. He/she must separate the self from the world in order to have the perspective to recreate it, according to a particular vision, but he/she must not lose contact and awareness of the actual world to be recreated–a seemingly impossible, but wonderful, paradoxical tension. The awareness of audience and critic are part of this tension. Too little attention to them can lead to solipsism, and too much to can lead to artistic paralysis or vapidity. Michael speaks, in the play, of relaxation-in-tension as a necessary part of the typist’s waiting; the same, he implies is necessary for the creative artist. Michael keeps these artistic concerns fundamentally human through the complex and loving portrait of Myra, the typist-amanuensis, and the story of her emotional and intellectual growth. As we approach the climax of her story, we believe more and more in her almost mystical relationship to the work, such that at the end we participate in a miracle play moment in which the transcendent becomes real. I believe audiences will relate strongly to the portrayal of an intense and all-consuming, creative effort, and I believe that the wit and heart with which this intimate, special story is told will make for an unique and moving theatre experience. – James J. Christy

DIRECTOR’S Notes

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James J. Christy

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Frederick W. Anton, III is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. He has been a supporter of the Arden since 1990 when the Arden created St. Stephen’s Alley at 10th and Ludlow Streets, next door to PMA’s headquarters in the former Federal Reserve Bank Building at 925 Chestnut Street. During that time, he founded and hosted the Arden’s Leadership Night, an annual advocacy event that introduced leaders of this region to the Arden’s plays and programming. These Leadership events play a key role in broadening the Arden’s base of supporters. Many Arden board members and supporters—including former Board President Lee van de Velde—were first introduced to the Arden through these events. During those St.

Stephen’s Alley years, Mr. Anton and PMA generously donated use of a building on Ludlow Street that served as the Arden’s rehearsal space and set and costume shops. In addition, Mr. Anton played a leadership role in the Arden’s move to our current facility in Old City.

Mr. Anton acknowledges the role F. Otto Haas—the man for whom our mainstage theatre is named—played in his life and career, “Otto was my mentor. He was Chairman of the Board of PMA when I first became President. Otto and I worked together on political action for the betterment of Pennsylvania. We also shared a mutual interest in the arts—first with the Walnut Street Theatre and then for Arden Theatre Company.”

Fred and Emily Anton are enthusiastic supporters of the Arden and served as the Honorary Producers of The Seafarer (2009) and Sunday in the Park with George (2010). They are thrilled to once again support the work of Michael Hollinger, after serving as Honorary Producer for Hollinger’s An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf in 2007. As a graduate of Villanova University, Mr. Anton admires Michael Hollinger’s commitment to the university in his roles as Associate Professor of Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of Villanova Theatre. Mr. Anton has long admired Michael Hollinger’s work and the artistic home that the Arden has provided for him. It is with great pride that he serves as the Honorary Producer for his seventh world premiere to be produced by the Arden.

We thank Fred and Emily Anton for their ongoing extraordinary support of the Arden and for their great passion for plays that, as stated in the Arden’s mission, “arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire.” Their tremendous support helps to make possible our work on the stage, in the classroom and in the community.

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This season the Arden has chosen to present three new plays. In addition to Ghost-Writer, we will be producing two commissioned works: Rogelio Martinez’s Wanamaker’s Pursuit and Jordan Harrison’s The Flea and the Professor. Devoting nearly half of our programming to new work at a time when many in our field are clinging to known quantities might seem foolhardy. But we believe our audiences not only tolerate, but actually demand we deliver vibrant and meaningful plays of the moment. We are fortunate to have the support of funders who allow us to develop and produce new plays and musicals under the auspices of our Independence Foundation New Play Showcase, and we are given further confidence knowing our approach to new plays is far from arbitrary, but based on clear ideals. Michael Hollinger is an outstanding example of the principles upon which the Arden’s new play programming is based.

Ghost-Writer, like most plays, did not move straight from Michael’s fertile imagination to the page and onto our stage. There were a number of intermediary steps, including a workshop this past June. A workshop allows for the writer and other members of the creative team to test ideas, make revisions and refinements, and begin to make concrete the possibilities the play offers. Sometimes theaters use the workshop process to “audition” the play to decide if they want to produce it, or even more disingenuously, to be able to claim to their constituents that they are “doing new play development.” At the Arden, we invest in the workshop process with the intention of moving the play into full production. In this case, we had determined to produce Ghost-Writer even before the workshop, providing a clear objective for the process.

Arden’s work with Michael dates back to our 1994/95 season when we first produced An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, and includes the subsequent premieres of Incorruptible (1995/96), Tiny Island (1997/98), Red Herring (1999/2000), Tooth and Claw (2003/04) and Opus (2005/06). This extended and extensive collaborative relationship is testament not only to the quality of Michael’s writing, but also to our desire to create an artistic home for him. It is our belief that writers work best when they know well the community of artists with whom they are working, and the audience with whom they hope to communicate. Knowledge breeds trust. Trust allows for risk. Risk makes great work possible.

It is our intention to extend that work, once achieved, outward—for plays we premiere to go on to reach other audiences. Red Herring has had many productions around the country since its original run at the Arden, and Opus, in addition to an acclaimed run Off-Broadway, was one of the ten most-produced plays in the nation last year. Whether Ghost-Writer will find that level of interest is impossible to predict. But if it does, you, as its first audiences, will have been part of it.

Dedication to timely full production, commitment to ongoing relationships, preparing a future life for the play: these are some of the basic values upon which we operate, and you are seeing the results tonight.

The Arden and New Work- Edward Sobel, Associate Artistic Director

OPUS AN EMPTY PLATE IN THE CAFÉ DU GRAND BOEUF

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Who’s WhoMEGAN BELLWOAR (Myra Babbage) So good to be back at the Arden! Favorites here: Dancing at Lughnasa, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Weir, Bunnicula, and Translations. A proud member of the Philadelphia theatre community, other credits include Act II Playhouse, 1812 Productions, PA Shakespeare Festival, Walnut Street Theatre, People’s Light and the Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festivals. Look for her this spring in Dublin by Lamplight with Inis Nua. By day, she teaches and directs for Abington Friends School; by night (and everywhere in between), mama to Jam and Willa. Love and thanks to Jim, Terry and Michael—always, Michael. Also to Mrs. McDermott at Villa Maria Academy, who taught us all how to type.

PATRICIA HODGES (Vivian Woolsey) is thrilled to be making her debut at Arden Theatre Company in this elegant and passionate new play. She appeared on Broadway in A Man For All Seasons, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Six Degrees of Separation. Off-Broadway credits include Rose’s Dilemma (Manhattan Theatre Club), Communicating Doors, On the Verge, and The Normal Heart (NY Shakespeare Festival). Regionally she has played leading roles in Night of the Iguana (Guthrie), Lettice and Lovage, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, Woman in Mind, Betrayal, Three Tall Women, The Clean House, Hay Fever, and Much Ado About Nothing. Her most recent TV credits are Royal Pains, Another World, and Law & Order.

DOUGLAS REES (Franklin Woolsey) Doug is thrilled to be back at the Arden, and proud to be continuing his association with Michael Hollinger. He created the role of “Carl” in the world premiere of Opus, and subsequently performed in the New York City premiere. He next appeared at the Arden in the revival of Michael’s An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. He has performed at numerous theatres across the country, and recently appeared with Alec Baldwin and Elizabeth Banks on 30 ROCK. Though he now resides in New York City, he is a native Pittsburgher–GO STEELERS!

MICHAEL HOLLINGER (Playwright) is the author of Opus, Tooth and Claw, Red Herring, Incorruptible, An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf, and Tiny Island, all of which premiered at Arden Theatre Company under the direction of Terrence J. Nolen. These plays have since enjoyed numerous productions around the country, in New York City, London, Paris, and elsewhere in Europe. Michael’s new translation of Cyrano De Bergerac (co-adapted with Aaron Posner) premieres next spring at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. His new musical A Wonderful Noise (co-authored with Vance Lehmkuhl) received the Frederick Loewe Award for Musical Theatre and a developmental production at Creede Repertory Theatre in 2009. Other awards include an ATCA/Steinberg New Play Citation, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy, the F. Otto Haas Award, two Barrymore Awards, and fellowships from the Independence Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael is Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and a proud alumnus of New Dramatists. He shares a life with actress Megan Bellwoar and their children Benjamin and Willa.

JAMES J. CHRISTY (Director) is delighted to be back at the Arden where he has happy memories of directing productions of Translations, The Real Thing, Coyote on a Fence, Rabbit Hole and others. Recent productions include a King Lear at the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre and Playboy of the Western World for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Four years ago, he was honored with the Philadelphia Theatre Alliance’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a real highlight of his longtime career as a director and educator in Philadelphia. His productions for Villanova, the Arden, and the Philadelphia Theatre Company and others have won numerous Barrymore awards including many nominations and two wins for best directing. He is a Professor Emeritus from Villanova

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University where he taught theatre for thirty nine years. He looks forward to more directing, travel, and good times with his wonderful wife, Franny, and their fabulous kids, and grandkids.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) This production marks David’s 25th design for the Arden. Having designed almost 300 productions for theatre and opera, his work has also been seen in Philadelphia at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Walnut St. Theatre, and many others. Other recent credits include designs in NY for The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Co., Juilliard Opera and Lincoln Center, as well as regionally for Long Wharf, Williamstown, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Huntington, McCarter, LA Opera, Kennedy Center, Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Berkshire and Sarasota Operas. He has received three Barrymore Awards and 11 nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design, as well as IRNE and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations, and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award. David is a professor of Set Design at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

CHARLOTTE CLOE FOX WIND (Costume Designer) Credits include Crime and Punishment (Arden); Cherry Bomb, Always a Lady, Suburban Love Songs (1812 Productions); and productions with Act II Playhouse, Azuka, Exile, and Interact. Villanova credits include Barrymore-nominated Le Dindon,The Illusion and Don Juan. Cloe received the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theater Artist in 2009. In 2002, Cloe won the Barrymore for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical as Roxie in Villanova’s Chicago.

JEROLD R. FORSYTH (Lighting Designer) has designed over 300 productions to date. Philadelphia area credits: Wilma Theatre, Arden Theatre Co., Amaryllis Theatre, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Villanova University Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Interact, A.M.T.F., People’s Light, Venture, and the Philadelphia Drama Guild. Additional east coast credits: Kennedy Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center, York Theatre, Village Theatre, and Opera Ebony–New York. Awards include twelve nominations and two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) designed 40 shows for the Arden, highlights including The History Boys, Sunday in the Park With George, Something Intangible, The Piano Lesson, Opus and most Children’s Theatre productions. Jorge also designs sets and creates video and music for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/ installation group.

EDWARD SOBEL (Dramaturg) is Associate Artistic Director at the Arden. Previously he was Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf, overseeing the development of more than 40 new plays into production, including the Pulitzer Prize winner August: Osage County and Pulitzer finalists Man From Nebraska and Red Light Winter. Broadway credits as dramaturg include August:Osage County and Superior Donuts. Recent directing credits include Cadillac at Chicago Dramatists (Five Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Production). Ed is a recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to the field. He holds an M.F.A. from Northwestern University and is currently on the faculty at Temple University.

ALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) is very happy to be back at the Arden for the 2010/11 Season. Alec was most recently Asstistant Stage Manager for the National Playwrights Conference at the Tony Award Winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Past Arden stage management credits include Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, and My Name Is Asher Lev. Past work with PlayPenn New Play Initiative, Theatre Horizon. Proud member AEA, SMA. Love to Amy and the Dibblets.

MATT SILVA (Assistant Director) Matt is returning to the Arden for his second stint as an assistant director after last seasons production of Rabbit Hole. Matt has previously directed the world

Who’s Who

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premiere of Burt & Me at The Act II Playhouse, in addition to helming the Devon Theatre’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, for which he earned a Barrymore nomination for outstanding direction of a musical. Matt has also assistant directed for Azuka Theatre, Kimmel Center, and Mauckingbird Theatre, and is currently directing a new work called Applesauce in Purgatory for the Philly Fringe Festival. Much love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, AXB, Jenny, and of course—Jim.

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 Terry 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 the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers of all time. 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, 52 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, 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.

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Arden Theatre Company was honored by the

Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre with the following nominations for our 2009/10 Season:

THE HISTORY BOYS* Outstanding Overall Production of a Play* Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design - Jorge Cousineau* Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

RABBIT HOLE* Outstanding Direction of a Play - James J. Christy* The Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play - Grace Gonglewski as Becca* Outstanding Original Music - Christopher Colucci

BLUE DOOR* Outstanding Direction of a Play - Walter Dallas* Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play - Kes Khemnu as Simon, Rex, Jesse* Outstanding Original Music - Robert Kaplowitz* PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design - Thom Weaver

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE* Outstanding Overall Production of a Play* Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play - Steve Pacek* Outstanding Set Design - David P. Gordon

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE* Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical* Outstanding Music Direction - Eric Ebbenga* Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design - Rosemarie E. McKelvey

The Arden would like to congratulate all of the nominees.

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19 20 21 22 23 24 6:30p 8p 8p 2&8p 2&7p

26 27 28 29 30 3110a&7p6:30p 8p 8p 2&8p 2p

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14 15 16 17 18 197p 7p 8p 8p 2&8p 2*&7p

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Ghost-Writer runs through Nov 7.

Tell your friends!

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KIDS CLASSES

Arden Drama School Play-in-A-Day receives

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New plays created

Audacious musicals come alive

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited

Your gift makes 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 Bobby Bangert, Development Assistant at 215-922-8900 ext. 46.

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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 CorporationPhiladelphia FoundationPNC FoundationQuaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSaint-Gobain Corporation FoundationSap America, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation United WayThe Vanguard Group FoundationWachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program William 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 Charitable TrustsPhiladelphia Cultural Leadership ProgramPhiladelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of The Pew Center for Arts & HeritageThe Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation

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

$15,000 to $49,999Campbell Soup Foundation Comcast Corporation Claneil FoundationEdgerton Foundation New American PlaysEdward M. Story Memorial Fund of the Philadelphia FoundationFox Chase BankHarmelin Media Hirsig Family Foundation of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kieran Timberlake Associates,LLPLincoln Financial Foundation McLean ContributionshipMedical Legal Reproductions+PECOPhiladelphia Cultural FundPhiladelphia FoundationTarget Corporation Virginia Brown Martin Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

$7,500 to $14,999Aloe Investment CorporationAnonymousBoeing Corporation Pennsylvania Cultural Management InitiativePNC Charitable TrustTD Charitable FoundationThe Vanguard Group Foundation

$2,500 to $7,499The 1976 FoundationThe Addis GroupArronson FoundationBarra Foundation Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck FoundationCaroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust IICharlotte Cushman FoundationCivic FoundationDolfinger-McMahon Foundation Eagles Youth Partnership+Ethel Sergant 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. and Charles and Dr. Mindy RosePaul E. Kelly FoundationLiberty Property TrustMain Line HealthRosenlund Family Foundation SEI Wealth ManagementSusquehanna Bank The Victory FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

Waldron Wealth ManagementWalter J. Miller TrustWells Fargo Family WealthZipcar Philadelphia+

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

$749 and underActors’ Equity Association Foundation Pennsylvania Womens ForumWilliam Goldman Foundation+denotes gifts of services or goods

Is your business looking for a tax break in 2010?Receive a tax credit through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program by supporting the Arden!EITC funds directly support our educational outreach program, Arden for All.To find out if your business is eligible, visit:www.ardentheatre.org/support/ eitc.html or contact Angela DuRoss at 215-922-8900 x25 or [email protected] thanks to EITC contributors Comcast Corporation, PECO and Susquehanna Bank

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Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above)Mr. Frederick W. Anton, IIISally & Michael Bailin^Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, IIIPhoebe 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 GrahamPhoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B, recommended by Leonard C. HaasBarbara & Leslie KaplanJosephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles Rose & Mindy Goldberg Rose^Monica Horan & Philip RosenthalTerry & Amanda Foster Spahr, through the Betty & Wes Foster Family FoundationAnonymousLee & Christopher van de VeldeRosalyn & Stephen Weinstein

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 GargLinda & 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 AlchinPeggy AndersonBethany AsplundhJim & Janet AverillSheryl & Allen BarGiséle Sambar BathishIvy BayardSandy & Mickey BernsteinReggie Blaszczyk & Lee O’NeillLouis BluverJean G. Bodine Tony Braithwaite+Almut BreazealeBernard Brewstein & Ellen RosenthalDeDe & Tony BrownNancy BurdLaurada ByersChip CapelliChristina Clay MD Priscilla & John ClementJeffrey Coon+Joy De Jesús & Jamie ReynoldsRobert M. DeverBen Dibble+Tobey & Mark DichterMichael A. Donato & Peter R. SonzogniDeirdre DoonerMarie & Peter DoonerDeb Dorsey & Mike GreenShafiq EbrahimJames R. Fairburn & David A. WickardStephen FalchekJeanne FisherOliver M. FordSandi Foxx-JonesRichard Frey+David & Christina Fryman*Lou & Rhoda Fryman Terry GraboyesMarcy Gringlas & Joel GreenbergGlenn Gundersen & Susan ManixChara & John C. HaasMr. & Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon & Lynn Martin HaskinJane & Steve Heumann

Susan Jacobson & Michael Golden*Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney & Dr. Dorothy NovickHolly KinserKenneth & Eve KlothenJoseph Kluger & Susan LewisBill & Beth LandmanWinnie & Eric LienWilliam A. LoebRichard Maimon & Susan SegalLarry & Mickey MagidLewis 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 FoundationPhyllis & Martin RosenthalDolly Beechman Schnall & Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie BeechmanHether, Don & Sarah SmithRichard & Amanda SmootKathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationKeith & Jim StrawAdelaide Sugarman & Marshall GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffJustin ThomasMarguerite V. Rodgers & James H. TimberlakeEileen Heisman Tuzman & Martin TuzmanThomas & Patricia VernonSandy & 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 [email protected].

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

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

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Thank You to our Supporters$500 - $999Iris Melendez & Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Stan & Lisa AltmanDaniel R. Blickman*Ruth E. BrownCarol CaswellBarbara R. CobbJim & Pat Lockhart CulbertsonShannon & Edward FarmerMr. & Mrs. Richard & Rita GoldbergClara & Jorge LaBrakeKaren & Mark HiteEdith KlausnerJan Levine & Michael ZuckermanMike & Helene LoebDonald J. Martin & Richard RepettoLaura Offutt & Steve FukuchiWhitney Quesenbery & John ChesterPaul Rabe & Cheryl GunterFranklyn & Cintra RodgersMarilyn Sanborne & Richard Labowskie*Ellen SchwartzKaren & Jon SirlinMarilyn & Dean R. StaatsCorinne StahlHarold & Emily StarrMs. Dorothy S TomassiniDr. & Mrs. Stephen G. VassoThomas & Patricia Vernon

$250-$499Howard AaronsonDr. Ron AbramsRon & Joyce BayerRichard & Joan BehrSheila Bell & Thomas DoddsPat & Tom BenderPeter & Lynne BermanBarry & Marilyn BevacquaMr. & Mrs. J. Robert & Marilyn BirnhakPhilip & Elaine BobroveDebbie & Alan Casnoff

Caroline CastagnoDr. W. Robert & Margaret CookRuth Miller CoxJames Crawford & Judith DeanPaul & Adele EpsteinJoseph & Carolyn EvansAnne EwersMr. & Mrs. Farenback-BratemanMs. Joanne E. FieldsBuzz & Linda GambleDan GannonIn memory of Bob GallagherCharles GearBob & Jan GorenBarbara & Robert HauptfuhrerCharles HeadBetsy & Ted HershbergJim & Carolyn HessingerAnonymousDavid & Beth Medoway KaganBarbara & Jerry KaplanSusan Kellogg & Dick HoffmanBarbara & Leonard KlinghofferJoel KoppelmanKenneth D KoppleMarilyn & David KrautMary Ellen KroberRuth & Peter LaibsonSarah & Ledlie LaughlinBarbara Patterson LobbJohn & Martha LubellDr. Edward Lundy & Debra ReiffMrs. Grace MadeiraClaudia MadrigaleFrank & Sally MalloryDr. Arlen Marks & David SmithMary Louise MartinGeorge & Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttMadeline MillerRobert MullinKathy Nolen Edwards

Paul Nutaitis & Robert ClarkSusan Odessey & Paul CoffAlice & Albert PackmanBarbara & Don ParmanJohn & Judy PeelerDan PromisloSherri & Abe ReichMary Jo ReillyDulcie RommIrwin C. & Carole M. SaftBrian SeamanSusan GreeneDr. & Mrs. Eugene ShusterFrank & Catherine SignorelloJames Akerberg & Larry SimmonsJames L. SmithElaine & Sal TagliareniIn Loving Memory of Jordan RosenfeldHella & Lew VolgenauMichael Walraven & Mary Lou StarlingFred & Arleen WeinsteinMatthew A. White*Mrs. Thomas A. WilliamsNancy WingoMr. & Mrs. Harry W. WoodcockPaul & Barbara YeagleMr. & Mrs. Howard Yusem*Tom & Jackie Zemaitis

$125-$249Carol & Bennett AaronJanet & Roger AlwangAnonymousCarl & Pat BachJudith BarrettRobert Bauer & Sandy Clay BauerSusan Becker & Aaron RubinJoann White & William BeckettDavid & Nancy BergmanJane BibermanSteve Zettler & Cordelia BiddleDoris & Aaron Bitman

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.

AnonymousJames 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.

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Thank You to our Supporters

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$125-$249 continuedMr. & Mrs. Thomas & Mary Pat BoyleMichael P. BoyleJoseph & Mary Lou BreidenstineBernard & Pamela BrownsteinSheryl RoserRobert J ButeraMs. Charlotte E. CadyMr. Joseph CaseyNelly & Scott ChildressSandra & Saul ClairEdwin G. Close, IIJennifer CoffeyJohn CondelloCosiMary Ann DaileyDaniel DevlinAndrew & Marla DiamondLarry & Pat DixonEllen & Max DooneiefBeverly DotterKathy & Jerry DrewAnonymousJill DulanyLois S DursoSue & Robert EvansWilliam EwingPaul & Judith FarberSylvia BeckAskold ZagarsCynthia Heininger & James FeeneyCharlotte & Mickey FeldmanRuth & Andre FerberLarry & Maureen Mullin FowlerDr. John & Elaine FrankPaulette & Paul FreemanNancy & Richard GabelMiriam GalsterStan GibellDavid K. GiffordTim & Carol GoldenGrace Gonglewski & Eric SchoeferRobert & Patti GoodmanKelley A. Grady*Miriam & Saul GrossmanCarl & Helene GumermanDona & Curt HaltiwangerMary & William HangleyBrian HannaMary C. HarbisonDonald HargreavesJoanne & Jon HarmelinJohn Houle & Katherine HaydenJoanne M. HuggardLaurie & Brad IngermanSarah C. JordanMr. & Mrs. Charles KahnMr. Philip KalodnerNancy KanePhyllis KauffmanLucy KaufmanAnonymousMargaret KellerAlan & Elaine KlawansChristal Kozloski*Walter Kraft & Deborah HungJoan & Marc S. LapayowkerBob & Mary LawlerRichard LeeLorraine & late Richard LeffMr. & Mrs. Craig & Stephanie LewisLinda & Donald LewisRobert & Laurel Lipshutz

Perry Watts & Samuel LitwinWill & Sandy LockRobert LynamLynn & Joe MankoDr. Rosalie G. MatzkinFaith J McDowellAlan & Susan MillerPaul & Lee S MillerEllen MonseesKeith & Liz MosleyKathleen MoyerJerome NapsonEtta & Chuck NissmanAnonymousCarol Ann & Thomas O’LearyBetsy OliphantBrenda J. OliphantMr. & Mrs. Gerald O’NeillAnonymousMr. Richard PariseauJohn & Judith PeakesDouglas & Mary PeckBob & Leila PeckDavid & Sylvia PerelmanMary & F. Laurence PethickHelen PhillipsRhoda PolakoffNancy PostJohn & Margaret PregLinda QuamTeresa Reyes & John HogeneschGraham & Betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de VeldeClaire RoccoSusan RockFaye & Daniel RossAlan Rothenberg & Enid KrasnerJerry & Bernice RubensteinBernard & Barbara RuekgauerWilliam F. RyanJoan Ryder & Robert LudwigRuth & Marvin SachsJoan & Bill SaidelLucille SchlackKenneth SchmittMs. Adeline R SchultzSusan SchweitzerJeanne C. ScottElliott & Ellie SeifElaine L. ShermanMarie & James P ShewSusan & Robert SimonWilliam S. SimpsonLeslie E. SkiltonDavid & Carleene SlowikMargaret R. SpencerMichael & Hannah StarobinFred Stevens & Usha SrinivasanRobert Stewart & Barbara Barnett-StewartRuth P. StuessyAnonymousBob & Tina TateRichard & Anne TaxThe Tobias FamilyLorraine TojiCathy J. Toner*Judith Shadden TorranceBrenda Freitag & Chet TuthillJohn UrofskyEmily & Charles WagnerClifford & Ann WagnerRichard & Fenching WainsteinRossana Jaffe

Sally Wojcik & Will LambrakosBertram & Lorle Wolfson

$75-$124George AhernEmily AikenNan AldersonNatalie LevkovichDr. & Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsAlan & Sandy AultLauren & Joshua AverillKatherine BakerDr. Donald Bakove & Margaret G. McLaughlinRobert BaronRobert R. Baron*Sally & Morris BarronJudith BeckJay & Nancy BerkowitzHarriet BernsteinSydney & Doris BeshunskyThomas H BlackburnDr. & Mrs. Benjamin BlankPatricia & David BoathFrank BoyerMartha BrandriffCharles BrennanPaul BreslinJulianne BrienzaMarlin G. Brown*AnonymousBryn Mawr Alumnae AssociationMichael P. BuckleyCarol BuettgerAnne BurridgeRegina ByrneBarbara CarmineJohn CehlarRonald & Christina ChangMary ChomitzAnnemarie Clarke & David BuchSharyn F Clauson Rhoda & Michael CobenSue CohenDr. Marie A. ConnCarol CoplandZoe CoulsonCharles J. CoyleEmily & Bob CroninKimberly L. Crown*Jennifer DalpiazBarbara DaneluzziJoseph & Helen D’AngeloEllen DeaconRoseann Muziani DealRita & Grace DenboStephanie DevineyStephanie DevineyCarole & Marc DichterIn Honor of Marjorie DickeyGeorge Koch & Santo DiDonatoEllen DipintoStuart DonaldsonLei-Lynne Doo-HorvickSonya DoreJean DowdallBeverly DubinDonald & Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamAngela DuRossEileen GildeaMarcia EisenbergLinda V EllsworthDebbie & Jerry Epstein

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Thank You to our Supporters Wally & Jane EvansBarry J EvansMark & Rene Feitelsonallan fellnerMalcolm & Martha FickJohn FischerCurt FoxworthMs. Judy FrankDrs. Barbara & Len FrankMr. & Mrs. Kenneth FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene & Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichPaula FuchsbergWendi FurmanSusan GasteyerGenerocity Community AllianceJohn GeronimoDavid GlanceyCarrie Glasby & Kathleen KarhnakMs. Joan GmitterJoan & Marvin GoldbergPaul GoldenbergVirginia GormleyLeonard GreenePriscilla GrosickNancy & Richard GroveSusan & Adam GuttentagCyndi HaasJudge Marvin R. & Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertOna & Stephen HamiltonLinda Fowler HartnettGail HauptfuhrerDouglas & Harriet HeathRuth HerdBill Herman & Laurie NavinSusan W HerronHeidi HertfelderTom & Wendy HibberdDaniel & Monica HilfertyDr. David Holtz Patricia & David HoltzArnold & Esther HornGlenna HulsLynda & Paul HummerPeter & Barbara HutcheonAram & Jackie JerrehianDonald & Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones Associates Patricia & Paul KalataDonald & Mary Kane Alex & Joanne KarrasScott & Margie Kasner Robert & Ellen KavashToni & Herb KestenbaumCynthia KillionJohn & Cheryl KirbyBrian & Carin Kirschner Ken & Eva KleinRobert KleinMarlena & Lazar KleitSteven KnepperHarold KobbBernadette KollerJames KronzerStephen & Helene Kunkel Peter & Peshe KuriloffAnne B. LadensonDavid LadovAileen LangeJohn & Joanne LawsonRobert LazarAlan & Susan LevinKaren Lewis

Norman & Sylvia LiebermanWarren & Arline LiebermanBarbara & Richard LindeKaren LiskerLeroy & Ruth LoewensternMelissa Lore*Terry Domsky & Leon LubiejewskiAnonymousDonald & Nancy MaclayTed & Ronnie MannMilton & Renee MarguliesRobert Stern & Mary Ellen WeberIrwin Matusow & Barbara RudnickRichard & Gretchen McCannM. McDonaldLorraine & Bruce McMahonCeleste McMenamin Cheryl MeyerMartin & Sandra MillerClaire MoyerCarmen MucciKenneth & Susan MyersMary Ann NaultyMr. & Mrs. Gene NichollsEliot NiermanJanet NovackWilliam O’ConnorHugh C. O’NeillLinda OslerClare & Dewaine OsmanStanton S. OswaldVirginia OwenSandra PackelStacy ParisCheryl & Paul ParkerSydney S. PasternackMichael L & Judy PaulRuth PetkofskyLisa TruckessDonald PlankBruce & Lynne PodratKaren & David PresselKeith QuintonEllen SchlenkerKaren & Mark ReberAlan Reinach & Dana PerlmanSue & Bruno RescignaLeslie RescorlaJoy RickabaughClifford Ridley & Betsey HansellLorraine RiesenbachGeorge & Zara RobertsDouglas RobinsonLinda Robinson, Ph.D. & Peter KrillJohn & Claire RodgersFrancoise & Louis RollmannJane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFPChad & Jennifer RosenbergKenneth & Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelDr. Harry RosenthalHal & Sue RosenthalEdwin & Sally RosentholJoan RozanskiDiane RurodeThekla SackstederRoberta SampsonMark SandbergRuth Ann SchlesingerMr. & Mrs. A. SchmidtMs. Kim SchmuckiCarl W. & Mary Ellen SchneiderBonnie SchorskeHarold & Sharon Schwalm

Warren & Carole Lee SchwomeyerAlex & Stefanie SeldinRobert & Karen SerenbetzKaren Schermerhorn & Evan SeymourAntoinette Farrar SeymourA. Paul ShallersJohn & Maryann ShiversMr. & Mrs. J. Thomas ShowlerAnne Shuff & Mike CreechMel & Susanne ShusterCatherine Simile Suzanne Simons & David Borgenic Bob & Harriet SingerBruce & Penny SmithRichard SmithRichard & Doranne SmithJohn & Georgia SmythGail SnitzerSuzanne SpainAnonymousPhillip & Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney SpikerArthur P StaddonLeon SteinbergRita StevensPaul StoneSharon & Robert StrochakSally SwitzerNina TafelMarion & Richard TaxinJoel TempleMaureen Torsney-WeirLinda & Ken Traver-NeeldGilda VersteinKathe VillanovaMr. John WaldieBeth Brooks & Bob WaterstonThomas WatkinsBrock & Mary WeatherupJenny & Bill WebbMarvin & Betty WeissAnonymousEdward WilkLydia WindermanAnonymousSam & Kuna YankellJohn & Donna ZappacostaJoan D. Zeidner*Carlos Ziegler & Elizabeth Hasson

* Denotes gift made through the United Way+ Denotes gift of goods or services^ Includes matching giftThis list acknowledges donors as of Aug 13, 2010. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Bobby Bangert at 215.922.8900 x46 or [email protected]. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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HOST COMMITTEEJohn Alchin & Hal MarryattMrs. Gustave AmsterdamGeorge & Suzy DorranceMargaret H. DupreyBob & Nancy ElfantChuck Finch & Ed CambronJeanne B. Fisher & Robert F. LangTim & Ellen FosterDavid & Christina FrymanRhoda & Louis FrymanElizabeth H. GemmillTerry GraboyesCarole & Emilio GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIMarcy Gringlas & Joel GreenbergRonna & Bob HallAnne & Matt HamiltonMary & William HangleyNancy G. HarrisDon & Lynn Martin HaskinEileen Heisman-Tuzman & Marty TuzmanJane & Steve HeumannNancy & Al HirsigMr. & Mrs. Michael Bruce HolmesJr.Susan Jacobson & Michael GoldenBarbara & Leslie KaplanHarvey & Virginia KimmelHolly KinserMr. & Mrs. James KoleaCharisse R. Lillie

Mr. & Mrs. McKinley C. McAdooJohn J. McCawleyGeorge H. McNeely IVAnita Packard MontgomeryMrs. J. Maxwell MoranSteve & Peggy MorganDiane & Dave PalmerDr. Joel & Mrs. PorterMr. & Mrs. James H. Rich Jr.The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development FundFranklyn & Cintra RodgersAllen Sabinson & Elba Hevia y VacaMr. & Mrs. Jesse D. SaundersJane ScaccettiDr. Nathan & Dolly Beechman SchnallHether & Donald SmithRichard & Amanda SmootAndrew & Anne StrawbridgeHarvey B. SwedloffMarguerite V. Rodgers & James H. TimberlakeArchie & Helene van BeurenLee & Chris van de VeldeThomas & Patricia VernonSandy & Michael WaxMr. & Mrs. Cortright Wetherill Jr.Richard E. Woosman & Diane Dalto WoosnamEliza & Peter Zimmerman

HONOREE: N. Peter HamiltonHONORARY CO-CHAIRS: Rhonda and David CohenCO-CHAIRS: Lee and Chris van de VeldeSPECIAL EVENT CHAIR: Ronna Hall

THANK YOU for making

a great success!

SPONSORSAloe Investment CorporationAnonymousIndependence FoundationHamilton Family FoundationComcastLiberty Property TrustSEI Wealth ManagementGlenmede, investment & wealth managementKarr Barth Associates, Inc. & Charles & Dr. Mindy RoseMain Line HealthPECOWaldron Wealth ManagementWells Fargo Family WealthThe Addis Group

MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy NorrisThe Agoge Group, LLCCampbell Soup CompanyEagle Village ShopsFirstrust BankFox Chase BankThe Franklin InstituteHarmelin MediaKPMGObermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLPSusquehanna BankTD Bank

Jessica Hamilton, Alta Hamilton, Granfalloon Honoree and Arden Board of Directors Vice President N. Peter Hamilton , Mrs. Dorrance Hamilton, Nat Hamilton, Charlotte Hamilton.

Arden Board Member Diane Dalto Woosnam, Richard Woosnam, Arden Board Member Ronna Hall, PIFA Executive Director Ed Cambron, Chuck Finch.

Arden Managing Director Amy Murphy, Arden Board Member Lee van de Velde, Arden Board Member and Incoming Board President Ellen Foster.

Arden Executive Assistant Christopher Hines, Arden Board Member Betsy Gemmill, and Randy Rosensteel. All Photos by Mark Garvin.

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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 JesúsDavid 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 McCawleyMyles PettengillPaul 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

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ArtisticProducing Artistic Director ........................................................................................................................Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward SobelAssociate Producer ...................................................................................................................................... Matthew DeckerArtistic Assistant ........................................................................................................................................................ Erin ReadLiterary Manager ..................................................................................................................................................Dennis Smeal

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

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

MarketingDirector of Marketing and Public Relations ........................................................................................................ Gigi LammArt Director .......................................................................................................................................................... Kristy GiballaMarketing and Public Relations Manager ................................................................................................ Leigh GoldenbergMarketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael ReedGroup Sales Associate ............................................................................................................................................Nanci Cope

DevelopmentDevelopment Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRossDirector of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica CalterManager of Institutional Giving ............................................................................................................................ Matt OcksDevelopment Assistant ................................................................................................................................... Bobby Bangert

EducationEducation Director ............................................................................................................................ Maureen Mullin FowlerArden Drama School Coordinator ....................................................................................................... Thomas ChoinackyArden Drama School Faculty..................... ........... Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Michael Doherty,

Nathan Nolen Edwards, Liz Filios, Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Matt Lorenz, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Hillary Rea,

Jacqueline Real, Alison Roberts, Anneliese Van Arsdale

Front of HouseBox Office Manager ................................................................................................................................................... Lynn KeilyAssistant Box Office Manager ......................................................................................................................... Corey MassonBox Office Assistants ..................................Christopher Dorman, Michael Durkin, Carla Emanuele, Mark Kennedy,

Elisabeth Kersey, Monica Obaga, Fred Ott

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 ChadwickProduction Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr.Production Stage Managers ......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. HanleyAssistant to the Stage Manager......................................................................................................................... Kate NelsonAssistant Set Designer ............................................................................................................................... Jasmine Vogue PaiAssistant Costume Designer ....................................................................................................................... K. Moriah Smith Fox Trot Choreographer .................................................................................................................... Kate Watson-WallaceAudio Engineer ................................................................................................................................................. Austen BrownStitchers ................................................................................................... Lorraine Anderson, Megan Diehl, Thom SirkotElectricians ............................................................................................... Chris Frey, Amanda Jenson, Christine RichardsScenic Artists ................................................................................................................................. Jillian Keys, Michael Leon

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“I suppose he found me harmless and I know that I found him overwhelming…Once I was seated opposite to him, the strong, slow stream of his deliberate speech played over me without ceasing.” – Theodora Bosanquet, from Henry James at Work

Michael Hollinger reports one of the inspirations for Ghost-Writer was the relationship between the novelist Henry James and his secretary Theodora Bosanquet. Bosanquet began working for James in the autumn of 1907 and continued until his death in 1916. She went on to become a woman of letters in her own right, publishing critical studies of Harriet Martineau and Paul Valery, as well as serving as the literary editor of the journal Time and Tide. There is little whiff of any more intimate entanglement between them, and if there were it was most likely unrequited; most scholars agree that James was either a closeted or repressed homosexual, or take him at his word that he was celibate.

But the odd and complicated intertwining of creative head and scribing hand has lead to some controversial and dramatic events. Renowned novelist James Joyce took on a fellow Irishman as an amanuensis. Joyce’s daughter Lucia fell in love with the intelligent and intense young man at her father’s elbow. Upon rejection of her affections she fell into mental illness from which she never fully recovered, remaining institutionalized for most of the rest of her life. You may have heard of that young secretary, who went on to have his own acclaimed if tortured career as a writer. He is the author of Waiting For Godot, Happy Days, and Endgame, the Nobel prize winner Samuel Beckett. Would we have those plays if Beckett had not spent the time he did with the Joyce family?

Coming up shortly this season you will have the opportunity to see The Threepenny Opera. That masterful work has become the subject of a good deal of argument, not the least of which are claims by some scholars that Bertolt Brecht was not in fact the author of the great majority of the piece, but rather that it was written primarily by Elisabeth Hauptmann, his secretary and lover. Indeed, Robert Vambery, the dramaturg of the original production is quoted as having said that Hauptmann was the author, and as he graphically put it, she was “payed only in semen”. What does it do to our appraisal of the play if that is true?

Ghost-Writer raises similar questions about the nature of authorship, the origins of inspiration, the legitimacy of voice in the telling of a story. By creating his work of fiction as a play rather than a novel or short-story, and by placing us as the auditor of Myra’s narrative, Michael Hollinger provokes us into active scrutiny and judgement. He also makes us voyeurs into a most intimate moment: when creativity is born.

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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.

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Philadelphia actors Scott Greer and Mary Martello have performed in more than 30 Arden productions, and they were last seen on the Arden stage together in the 2008/09 season’s Candide. This season, they will be playing Mr. and Mrs. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera. Gigi Lamm, the Arden’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations spoke with them the week before rehearsals began.

GL: Do either of you have a preference for performing in musicals?MM: No.SG: Me neither. It’s all about the material. A good show is a good show. And an interesting role is an interesting role.

GL: How familiar with The Threepenny Opera were you before being cast?MM: I was actually cast in it many, many years ago at the Boarshead Theater in Michigan, but when it came time, I was too pregnant to do it.SG: When I was in college, we did Brecht on Brecht and we added some material from [Threepenny] and I sang the Tango with a classmate. That was my first exposure to Brecht.

GL: This is such an iconic work in the history of musical theatre, how do you feel about performing it?MM: I try never to think about things like that. I’m just going to take Mrs. Peachum one line at a time and try to figure her out. SG: I think there’s a big pitfall when you do Brecht because you’re supposed to do a style and you have to really avoid that and find the truth that these characters are in. Brecht writes about social problems and you have to invest in the ideas that are a part of the fabric of the character. It’s a human being that wants things and fears things and that’s what you start with.

GL: What are your thoughts on the show’s message about morality and humanity?SG: My seven year old daughter is very interested in whatever plays I’m working on, so I was trying to tell her about this and playing the music for her and as I described everybody in the show, she said, “oh, so he’s a bad guy…” They’re all basically bad guys. But I was trying to explain Peachum’s world view and it was very hard to do because it’s a very bleak way of looking at humanity. MM: I think that it’s a fine time to be doing this show because all of the characters are in it for what they can get. They’re trying to survive or trying to save their own asses, or trying to get ahead, and everyone is using everyone. However, I like that nobody really pretends that they’re not doing that. As opposed to society today where we all pretend like we’re altruistic.

GL: Are there any skills and experiences you’re bringing to playing Polly Peachum’s parents? SG: The Peachums feel about their child the way any parents feel about their children. They want the best for her. They are identifiable parents that care about education and a good job—I’m firmly in their camp! I’m a little more optimistic and less coldly practical but who doesn’t want that for their children? MM: Mrs. Peachum wants the best for her child, but she also wants to make sure that Polly gives them the best that they deserve as her parents.

GL: What are you most looking forward to about the show and your roles?MM: Doing them! I love the music. I love Kurt Weill and I’ve sung him plenty before and I can’t wait to get in that world. SG: That music is so down and dirty. It doesn’t sound like anything else. It reminds me of a street version of Sweeney Todd. And the role is irresistible. MM: And the opportunity for learning is going to be great because even though I may have sung some of these songs before in a cabaret, when you’re doing a role in a show, it gets in your bones in a way that is much more grounded and then you have that at your disposal for the rest of your life.

For the full interview, please visit the Arden Blog at http://ardentheatre.org/blog/.

An Interview with The Threepenny Opera’s Scott Greer and Mary Martello

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Join us for the rest of Arden Theatre Company’s 2010/11 SEASON

THE THREEPENNY OPERA Sept 30 - Nov 7Play with music after John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, in Three Acts

Music by Kurt WeillGerman translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann; adaptation and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht

English translation of dialog by Robert MacDonaldEnglish translation of lyrics by Jeremy Sams

Used by arrangement with European American Music Corporation, agent for The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and agent for the Brecht Estate

Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?

Mack the Knife is on the prowl through London’s most virtuous whores and upstanding thieves in this raucous, outrageous, and salacious musical. Conspire with some of Philadelphia’s favorite actors as they stab, scheme and steal their way into Brecht’s saucy script and Weill’s smoky score.

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Jan 6 - Mar 6By Eugene O’Neill

Directed by Matt Pfeiffer

Two lost souls catch a glimpse of happiness in the moonlight. The newly lit fire within them seems strong enough to withstand a lifetime of disappointment and regret, but will it still be flickering when the cold dawn breaks?

One of America’s master storytellers at the height of his powers, O’Neill creates a mythic tale of old sins and the redemptive power of love. This companion piece to A Long Day’s Journey into Night was O’Neill’s final play.

SUPERIOR DONUTS Mar 3 - Apr 3By Tracy Letts

Directed by Edward Sobel

The neighborhood, the donut shop, and Arthur have all gone to pot. When young Franco Wicks busts in with fresh dough and even fresher dreams, Arthur can no longer pretend he doesn’t care. Tracy Letts, author of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County, turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT Mar 31 - May 29A new play by Rogelio Martinez Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

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

Paris, 1911. A world on the brink of change. Young Nathan Wanamaker arrives in search of stock for the family department store and instead finds Paul Poiret and the first truly fabulous party of the 20th century. Surrounded by Poiret’s extravagances, Stravinsky’s music, and Picasso’s art, Nathan soon finds himself having to make the difficult choice of what he must bring back to Philadelphia and what he must leave behind.

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