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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

a new play by BRUCE GRAHAM

directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN

Production Sponsor:

By BRUCE GRAHAM

Arden Theatre Company presents

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN

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

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

Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

This play is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company’s new play development.

SOMETHING INTANGIBLE was workshopped under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

April 9 - June 7, 2009

Sound Designer JORGE COUSINEAU

DramaturgMICHELE VOLANSKY

Assistant DirectorMATT ROSENBAUM

Scenic DesignerJAMES KRONZER

Costume DesignerROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

Lighting DesignerF. MITCHELL DANA

Stage ManagerSTEPHANIE COOK*

Production Sponsor:

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SOMETHING INTANGIBLE

Welcome to Something Intangible, a new play by Philadelphia playwright BruceGraham. I remember listening to a reading of this play last winter and decidingthen and there that we would produce it. Similar decisions are being maderight now for next season. Choosing the plays we do and the artists to bringthem to life is the most exciting part of my job.

I'm proud to announce the following productions and artists for our 2009/10season:

Blue Door, a beautiful new play by Tanya Barfield, to be directed by WalterDallas, who directed The Piano Lesson last season and musical-directed Gee’sBend this past fall. Walter has quickly become an important part of the Ardenfamily, and I am excited to welcome him back next season.

We will produce William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by up-and-comer Matt Pfeiffer, thisyear’s F. Otto Haas Award recipient (previous winners include actors Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes,both of whom are featured in tonight’s production). Matt’s work can currently be seen in TheatreExile’s production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo. Last year, he directed Go, Dog. Go! for the Arden.Anyone who can tackle Mamet and P.D. Eastman in the span of one year is all right in my book.

We will close the season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George,starring Philadelphia actors Jeffrey Coon and Kristine Fraelich. Jeff is no stranger to Philly audiences.He’s appeared at the Arden as John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad, andStanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Walnut Street Theatre, and so many other memorable roles. Krissy last appeared as the Nurse in Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case. I have wanted todo Sunday in the Park with Jeff and Krissy for nearly a decade. Next season, it will finally happen.

We are very close to finalizing plans for the other two productions of our 2009/10 season and look forward to announcing them to you soon. We are thrilled (and determined) to continue to bring awide range of stories to our stages. We are dedicated to putting all the energy, creativity andresources into our work that you have come to expect. In these challenging times, we commit to youthe best we have to offer. You deserve nothing less.

If you’ve already subscribed to next season, thank you. If you haven’t, please consider joining us. Notonly is your support greatly appreciated, but it enables and inspires us to continue to dream. We wantto be your theatre company.

Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible is our second world premiere this season and the 30th worldpremiere in the Arden’s 21 year history. Producing new work is incredibly exciting and, in the best ofcases, the most rewarding work we do. My thanks to Fox Chase Bank for sponsoring SomethingIntangible, to the Independence Foundation for their ongoing support of our new play developmentefforts, and to the Edgerton Foundation for supporting extended rehearsals for this production.Finally, my thanks to you for supporting new plays. Your sense of adventure inspires us.

Thank you for joining us. Enjoy.

Terry

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WELCOME FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTORp

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Tony Wiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Merrill Peakes *

Dale Wiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Greer*

Leo Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Hara*

Sonia Feldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Mercer*

Doc Bartelli/Gustav Von Meyerhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Charles*

SETTINGSouthern California, 1940s

UNDERSTUDIESTom Orr, Angela Sperazza, Andy Wertner

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.

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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 internationalorganization 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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It was an oft-repeated question from my childhood: “You wanna play punch-for-a-punch?”

“Punch-for-a-punch” is a game where you take turns punching each other in the arm until one persongives up. The key is to make the first few punches count, because by doing so you weaken the punching strength of your opponent. Even if your first few punches lack the desired impact, you canstill win if you pull off the “I can do this all day, I can barely feel it” bluff that inevitably leads to a draw.

As kids, my brothers and I played this game all the time. I come from a family of seven kids – fiveboys, two girls. As I remember it, we could make anything a competition. Who could make the lastbasket before dinner? Pat. Who could do the most push-ups? Again Pat. Who thought they lookedthe best doing push-ups? Definitely Mike. We were forever trying to beat one another while simultaneously seeking to win each other’s respect and admiration. Even now, decades later, we stillplay “punch-for-a-punch” every now and then. Such is the bond of brotherhood.

Famous brothers – both real and imagined – have long captured our imaginations. Jack and BobbyKennedy. Biff and Happy Loman. The Wright Brothers, the Marx Brothers. The Brothers Karamazovand Grimm. As you will probably recognize, Something Intangible was inspired by two real-life brothers, Walt and Roy Disney. Though inspired by the Disney brothers, Something Intangible is awork of fiction. It’s a play about brothers by a playwright who, surprisingly to me, has none. I guessthat’s a playwright’s gift: the ability to completely concoct worlds and characters and yet get somany of the details right.

I first read Something Intangible last year. Bruce called one Sunday morning and asked if I wanted toread his latest play. When I said yes, he told me he had already stuck it in my mailbox. I walked outand there it was, complete with coffee stains on the title page, looking as if the script had come out ofcentral casting.

I’ve been a fan of Bruce’s work since I saw Belmont Avenue Social Club at the Philadelphia FestivalTheatre for New Plays back in the 1980s. It was a great production of a great script, and I rememberthinking that it was a distinctly Philadelphian play. Since then, I’ve learned that wherever BelmontAvenue is performed audiences think it is about their city. That’s one of the wonderful things aboutBruce’s work. It’s both specific and universal.

In recent years, the Philadelphia community is developing a reputation for fostering new plays andnew playwrights. In my mind, Bruce is a pioneer in this movement. He’s the original “Philadelphiaplaywright.” I am thrilled to welcome Bruce’s work back to the Arden and am honored to have thischance to direct this play.

And for the record, I think I could take him in “punch-for-a-punch.”

Terry

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRODUCTION SPONSOR

In the case of Albert Einstein, it was the measure of energy: E=MC2.For Greek mathematician Pythagoras, it was a theorem (for a right trianglewith legs a and b and hypotenuse c then a2 + b2 = c2). In the case ofMichelangelo, it was to carve away all the marble that wasn’t David. There issomething wonderfully simple and elegant in the product of creative geniusthat belies the raw struggle of achievement. Call it Something Intangible.

Philadelphia playwright Bruce Graham has captured the magic and mess of birthing creativegenius in his newest work, Something Intangible. Set in 1940’s Hollywood, it traces the story oftwo brothers who run an animated movie studio. The studio is famous for its cartoon dog,Petey Pup, but is driven to produce a feature-length animation set to classical music.

Arden regulars will appreciate the fanatical genius of Ian Merrill Peakes as the gifted and driven Tony, grounded by his loyal and long-suffering brother Dale, played by the (unusually)soft-spoken Scott Greer, who manages everything in Tony’s wake.

Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation is delighted to sponsor this production of SomethingIntangible, the 30th world premiere to come to life on the Arden stage. We are privileged toshare this story with you and hope you discover in it...well, something intangible.

Cheers!

Thomas M. PetroChief Executive OfficerFox Chase Bank andFox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation

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Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, Mark Taper,Margaret Jenkins Dance, BAM, Joyce, and SecondStage. Film: Since You’ve Been Gone, and Mad Dogand Glory.

SALLY MERCER (Sonia Feldman)recent credits include QueenElizabeth in Richard lll at theLantern Theatre, Elaine inBreathing Corpses at Luna Theaterand the Duenna in Cyrano deBergerac at the Pennsylvania

Shakespeare Festival. She played Modron in theArden’s production of Sleeping Beauty last year.

IAN MERRILL PEAKES (TonyWiston) 13th show at the Arden(Owen Meany, Picasso, Three Daysof Rain, R & G Are Dead, All My Sons- Barrymore Award). Walnut,Wilma, Theatre Exile (Red LightWinter - Barrymore Nomination),

Philly Theatre Co. (Sideman - Barrymore Award).Philly Shakespeare (R & J - Barrymore Nomination)Regional: Denver Center (Roma in Glengarry -Ovation Award Nomination); Actors Theatre ofLouisville (John Proctor in Crucible, 12th Night);Folger Theatre (Macbeth, Game of Love and Chance -Helen Hayes Nominations; Measure for Measure;Two Gents; Melissa Arctic); Shakespeare Santa Cruz(Much Ado, Benedick); Penn. Shakespeare (Othello,Iago; Henry IV, Hotspur). Winner of 2003 F. Otto HaasAward for Emerging Artist. For Karen and Owen.

JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Designer) Arden TheatreCompany: Candide, Our Town, Caroline, or Change,and Opus among others. Washington, DC: TheKennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, The OlneyTheatre, Round House, Signature Theatre,Washington Ballet and The Shakespeare Theatre.Regional: The Wilma Theater, People’s Light, PioneerTheatre, Weston Playhouse and Clarence Brown.New York: Glory Days (Broadway), Opus (Off-Broadway). National tours: Thomas Live!,Backyardigans, Barbie Live!, and Seussical theMusical. Awards: Helen Hayes Award (8); BarrymoreAward (1).

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) isvery excited about working with Terry and theArden on this production of Something Intangible.Rosemarie would like to especially thank Alisonand the costume shop for sharing their time and

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WALTER CHARLES (Doc Bartelli/Gustav Von Meyerhoff) Broadway:Apple Tree, Woman in White, Big River,Boys From Syracuse, Kiss Me, Kate,Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (worldpremiere), Sunset Boulevard, La CageAux Folles, Anna Karenina, Aspects ofLove, Me & My Girl, Cats, Sweeney

Todd, Grease. Encores!: Music in the Air, Call MeMadam. NYC Opera: Sweeney Todd, 110 in the Shade.National Tours: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, My FairLady. Off-Broadway: Wit, The Immigrant. Regionalincludes: Cabaret, Hello, Dolly!, Company, MartinGuerre. Film/Television includes: A Fine Mess, FletchLives, Prancer, Cagney & Lacey, Kate & Allie, SweeneyTodd/Great Performances, Law & Order.

SCOTT GREER (Dale Wiston) isthrilled to be back for his 20th showat the Arden! Favorites include:Baby Case, Assassins, Wittenberg,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern…, andthis season’s Candide. Philadelphiacredits include: Walnut, 1812,Wilma, People’s Light, InterAct, and

Delaware Theatre Co. Regional: Actors Theatre ofLouisville, Round House, BoarsHead, WestportCountry Playhouse. Awards: ’08 Barrymore for BestSupporting Actor in a Musical (Assassins); ’01Barrymore for Best Actor in a Play (It’s All True,InterAct); ‘02 Barrymore Best Actor in a Musical (Baby Case), and the ’02 F. Otto Haas Award for anEmerging Theatre Artist. His adaptation of DavidFoster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men(with 1812) earned him an ‘04 nomination for BestNew Play. Scott has appeared as a solo vocalist withThe Philadelphia Orchestra. Special thanks to Terry,Bruce, and his dear friend Ian. Love always to Jen and Lily.

DOUG HARA (Leo Baxter) recentlyreturned from Chicago where heappeared as Alyosha in The BrothersKaramazov at Lookingglass Theatre.An ensemble member since 1993,he has participated in over 16 productions at Lookingglass including Metamorphoses, West, Up

Against It, and Lookingglass Alice. SomethingIntangible marks Doug’s 5th show at the Arden.Broadway: The Boys of Winter, and Metamorphoses.Off Broadway: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci.Regional: Two River, The Goodman, The Huntington,

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talents in creating the costumes for SomethingIntangible. When not designing Rosemarie is part ofthe Fashion Design Department at Moore College ofArt and Design. Rosemarie won the 2007 Barrymoreaward for outstanding Costume Design for her workon Caroline, or Change at Arden Theatre Company.

F. MITCHELL DANA (Lighting Designer) has designedalmost 600 plays, musicals, and operas, on and offBroadway, on tour, and in regional theatres such as:Mark Taper Forum, Walnut Street Theatre, Paper MillPlayhouse, BAM Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, RoyalOpera, Opera Festival of NJ, MTC, RoundaboutTheatre, Goodman Theatre, the St. Louis Muny, TwoRiver Theatre Co, the LA Opera and NYC Opera. He isvice president of United Scenic Artists, and teachesat Rutgers University.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) has worked onmore than thirty productions here at the Arden.Recent highlights include Candide, Wittenberg, ThePiano Lesson, Assassins and Opus, which was laterproduced in New York City and earned him a LortelAward for sound design. Jorge also designs sets andcreates video and music for many Philadelphia theaters such as the Wilma, Philadelphia TheaterCompany, 1812 Productions and New ParadiseLaboratories.

BRUCE GRAHAM (Playwright) Plays: Burkie, Early OneEvening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille, Moon Over TheBrewery, Champagne Charlie Stakes, Minor Demons,Desperate Affection, Belmont Avenue Social Club,According to Goldman, Dex and Julie Sittin’ in a Treeand the one man show, The Philly Fan. Coyote on aFence won the ’98 Rosenthal Prize, was nominatedfor two Drama Desk Awards, and ran on London’sWest End starring Ben Cross. Feature Films: DunstonChecks In, Anastasia, Steal This Movie. T.V Movies:Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The Christmas Secret, Righton Track, Tiger Cruise, Ring of Endless Light (HumanitasAward Winner – Best Children’s Screenplay), The MostWonderful Time of the Year. Television: Roseanne,Legwork. Book: The Collaborative Playwright(co-written with Michele Volansky). He has receivedawards from the Pew Foundation, the TheaterAssociation of Pennsylvania, the RockefellerFoundation and was the 1992 Princess GraceFoundation Statuette recipient. Graham currentlyteaches film and theatre courses at Drexel University.He lives in Philadelphia with Stephanie and theirdaughter, Kendall.

MICHELE VOLANSKY (Dramaturg) is an assistantprofessor of drama at Washington College. Sheserves as the dramaturg for the PlayPenn New PlayDevelopment Conference and has served as guestdramaturg at theaters across the country, in additionto her staff time at Actors Theatre of Louisville (1992-95), Steppenwolf Theatre Company (1995-2000) andPhiladelphia Theatre Company (2000-2004). She is arecipient of the Elliot Hayes Award for Dramaturgyand a past-President of LMDA. Something Intangiblemarks her fourth collaboration with Bruce Graham.Volansky is also a doctoral candidate at theUniversity of Hull (England), writing about the criticsKenneth Tynan and Frank Rich.

MATT ROSENBAUM (Assistant Director) is thrilled tobe working on a brand new play by his pal and former teacher Bruce Graham. His own work as awriter has been produced locally by the CardboardBox Collaborative and developed by the MKMemorial Theatre Project in New York. Matt is a graduate of the Arden Professional Apprentice program, and he currently works as part of the theatre’s development staff. Thank you Murphy,Nolen, Ditsky and Brown!

STEPHANIE COOK (Stage Manager) is excited to beback at the Arden after working on this season’sGee’s Bend and last season’s Assassins and Go, Dog.Go! A past apprentice of the Walnut Street Theatre,most recently she staged managed Theatre Horizon’sproduction of The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspre(Abridged). Stephanie is grateful for this opportunityand thanks her family for their support. Love toColin.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is the ProductingArtistic Director and co-founder of Arden TheatreCompany. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of aSalesman, The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler andsuch musicals as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures,Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of ArdenChildren's Theatre, Charlotte's Web. He has directedsix world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, threeby Dennis Raymond Smeal, and Michael Ogborn'sBaby Case. Terry has been nominated for 19Barrymore Awards for his directing work at theArden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife,Sweeney Todd, Opus, Winesburg, Ohio and Assassins.He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at PrimaryStages in New York City and was nominated for a

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WHO’S WHO

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. Hisshort film The Personal Touch was nominated for anEmmy Award.

AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) APhiladelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in1988 with Terry Nolen and Aaron Posner. She isespecially proud of the Arden ProfessionalApprentice program and its contribution to thePhiladelphia cultural community. A graduate ofSusquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni AchievementAward. She completed the Executive Program forNonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program ofthe Stanford Graduate School of Business Centerfor Social Innovation and National Arts Strategies.Amy has served on panels for the NationalEndowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State ArtsCouncil and the Executive Committee of theLeague of Resident Theatres (LORT). Amy wasnamed a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the KatharineHoughton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988,Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringingto life the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers of all time. We stage five productionseach season as part of our mainstage series andtwo productions through Arden Children’s Theatre,the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce newwork through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New PlayShowcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeshipprogram trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about thecraft of making plays. Our access program, ArdenFor All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and booksfor economically disadvantaged young people. Wealso offer sign language-interpreted, captionedand audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit othernonprofits. The Arden has received sixPhiladelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, theArts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award,five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, fourPhiladelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of theYear” citations, and 44 awards and 211 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of GreaterPhiladelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence inTheatre. Arden Theatre Company, a professional,nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member

of the Theatre Communications Group, the Leagueof Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of GreaterPhiladelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance,Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau andOld City Arts Association. The Arden operatesunder an agreement between the League ofResident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association,the Union of Professional Actors and StageManagers in the United States. The Scenic,Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT -theatres are represented by United Scenic ArtistsLocal USA-829, IATSE.

SPECIAL THANKS• East End Salon • Headlong Dance Theatre • Ricola USA, Inc.

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The Seafarer

Broadway’s recent smash hit - nominated forfour Tony Awards - features a collection ofmisfits on Christmas Eve in Ireland. A group of men, tied loosely together by their affiliationwith misfortune, spend a boozy night playingpoker. As the evening progresses, the gametakes a sinister turn and the stakes rise higherthen anyone could have expected. Don’t missthis expert comedy and chilling ghost storythat ups the ante on anyone running from theirpast and features a crackerjack cast includingGreg Wood (Opus, Wittenberg), Bill Zielinski(Winesburg, Ohio) and Anthony Lawton (APrayer for Owen Meany).

Recommended for 11th grade students and older.

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DON’T MISS the final show of the Arden’s 08/09 Season

By Conor McPhersonDirected by David O’Connorr

May 14 – June 14 On the F. Otto Haas Stage

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INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT BRUCE GRAHAM

Associate Artistic Director Amy Dugas Brown talks to playwright Bruce Graham

ADB: What was the seed for Something Intangible?BG: It was 15 years ago. It was going to be a play about theVan Gogh brothers. I made notes on it. I had Lautrec andGauguin and all those guys in it. That seemed like too muchwork! And, also, it was too diverse; too many characters, toomany stories to follow. And so I boiled it down to theseguys. I started to work on it while I was fishing in Alaska,thinking I’d get a few pages done and I had so much timeon my hands I wrote the whole first act! Once it started,after being up (in my head) for so long, it just kind of thawsout. So it was really easy. I guess it was 15 years, so it wasn’tthat easy…But once it comes out, it’s a breeze.

ADB: Too many characters, too many stories. Any otherreason you made the switch from the Van Goghs to theWistons?BG: Yeah, that, and, you know I’m a film historian, I teach it. Look, I was in the 6th grade readingHollywood in the ‘30s. Staying up late at night and watching these old movies on the weekends. I sawevery Universal horror movie ever made. My daughter didn’t know movies came in color until she waslike six.

ADB: And do you think Tony, like Van Gogh, would cut off his ear for someone?BG: Yes! Not for someone, but for his project. Absolutely. I think real artists would do anything…I thinkWilliam Wilder said, or one of those famous directors of the 40s and 50s, when they heard about SamPeckinpah being such a bastard on the set, said,“Hm, sounds like he’s trying to make a good movie.” Itwas Wilder who said, the first thing a director has to do is repress the urge to be a nice person. When hewas off the set he was the nicest guy in the world, but when he got on the set he was a bastard andwould make you do it 45 times. He didn’t mind staying there until 10 o’clock at night, and the guy’s trackrecord is pretty impressive. I really think artists do that. Me, I’m too lazy to be an artist.

ADB: Yeah, yeah. Bruce, what excites you about this play?BG: It’s the first play I’ve ever written where costumes were important. My plays, traditionally, are notcostumers’ delights. You can pretty much go into someone’s closet and pull stuff out. This one is really,really different. And, it’s been something I’ve wanted to say for a long time. I always hate, you know,“theauthor’s message,” and the, what, the “Aristotelian thought,” and all that, but the whole left brain/rightbrain interests me. Some of us in the arts often look down our noses at “civilians,” who are out there raising the money, balancing the books. There has to be a real partnership. Even in the best marriages, ifanyone is too much alike, forget it. You’ve got to have balance. Tony couldn’t create these things without Dale. And yet people like Dale are often overlooked. I can’t wait to see if it works.

I write scenes I don’t want to watch sometimes, scenes where I feel I’m making the characters do embarrassing or awkward things. (There’s a scene) Ian has that I’m going to find it difficult to watch.Once I watch it once in performance, I’m going to be like,“OK! I’m going to be looking the other way!”I feel like I make people do terrible things!

ADB: Any surprises so far in rehearsal? Actors teach you anything?BG: Oh, yeah. I’m amazed. We started Tuesday and on Friday we just sat around and read it and alreadythe performances are starting to come alive, in four days. The suggestions from the cast about changes,I’ve probably taken 85% of them. Ian made a terrific suggestion for a change in the second act which Ithink really improves it. And Volansky (the dramaturg) is kind of a pain in the…, but she’s Volanksy…

Top row: (l-r) Ian Merrill Peakes, Scott Greer, SallyMercer, Kristine Messner, Tom Petro. Bottom row:Doug Hara, Terry Nolen, Bruce Graham

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INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT BRUCE GRAHAM

ADB: She’s brilliant…BG: Yeah, and she’s helping. And Terry’s just kind of the ring master. He just kind of sits back and let’s allthe nutcases bounce off each other and then says,“Let’s get back to work.” I love Terry, I’ve never workedwith him before and so far we don’t want to kill each other.

ADB: But to be a good director, he’s going to have to repress the urge to be a nice person. So, you mightwant to kill him soon.BG: I don’t think I will!

ADB: How do you know when a script you’re working on is ready?BG: I don’t, always. I don’t even try to write the script until I have the end of the first act. The end of thefirst act is going to drive the rest of the play. Then I want at least two conflicts or twists or something inthe second act. Once I have all those ingredients, I think I have a play that will work. And it has to be aworld that interests me. I think human experiences are universal. I’m always telling my students, youwrite a play about your family, that’s great, we all have families, but what is it about your family that I’mgoing to be interested in? Why am I going to sit there and pay attention to your family? My world can-not be further from the world of Asher Lev, but I still got caught up in the story. Opus – I know nothingabout music except that I like it, but I could get caught up in the story of (Opus’) characters. To me,that’s smart playwriting.

ADB: You are a screenwriter as well. How similar or different are the disciplines?BG: For me, the actual writing discipline is similar. You write for x amount of hours, find act breaks, thatsort of thing. You don’t fall in love with it, because they (the producers) can do anything they want to it.Sometimes you get a producer that protects you. The guy I just did my Christmas movie with atHallmark, I’ve done a couple movies with him and he always tries to protect me. But I’ve dealt with somevery well-educated, stupid people in Hollywood. Look, back when Tony and Dale were working, theseguys weren’t artists. Louis B. Meyer was a junkman. Harry Cohen was a song plugger. These were all justimmigrants, no money. Sam Goldwyn was a glove maker. But their gut told them if a story would work,if people would buy tickets to see something. They put out 52 movies a year back then as opposed tothe ten that Universal will put out this year. So, I’m dealing with a bunch of people who know nothingabout the history of movies, know nothing about audiences. I made a reference to African Queen onetime in a meeting with a young executive and he had no idea what I was talking about. I’m like,“1951,Humphrey Bogart won his Oscar for it, what, are you a moron?” It’s like baseball players who don’t knowwho Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig are. You gotta know the history of your business! Once one guy wastelling me something about a story when (my) Minor Demons was running off Broadway, and was beingdone with six chairs and it was a brilliant production and audiences were sitting there on the edge oftheir seats and I was like,“I got a show right now being done with six chairs. No spaceships, no car crashes, none of that stuff, and I’ve got people on the edge of their seats, don’t tell me about story,alright?”

This all may explain why I’m a has-been in Hollywood.But, the money’s great. And sometimes a project willcome along that I love.

ADB: What’s in the pipeline?I’ve got Any Given Monday, which will open next year atTheatre Exile and then moves up to Act II. It looks as if I’llbe acting in the Act II production. The next play is up inmy head. I go back to 1919. It takes place on an IndianReservation in Nebraska. I’m heading out there after thisproject. Once again, something different. I don’t want towrite the same place twice. I could write a dozen BelmontAvenue Social Clubs, but I won’t. Bruce on the set of the Arden World Premiere Dex and Julie Sittin’ in a Tree

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The Sylvan Society recognizes individuals who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. Theexceptional generosity of these donors enables the Arden to tell great stories by having theresources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. Sylvan Society benefits bring members closer to our work and deepen their appreciation for the role they play in theArden’s success. To join the Sylvan Society or for more information, please contact Managerof Individual Giving, Angela DuRoss, at 215.922.8900, ext. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

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$125-$249 continuedMs. Joanne E. FieldsEdwina FindleyDeborah and Martin FishbeinMr. Allan P. FreedmanEllen and David FreemanPaulette and Paul FreemanBuzz and Linda GambleIn memory of Bob GallagherPeggy GloverMicki and Larry GoldbergBob and Jan GorenPriscilla GrosickJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O.

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The list acknowledges donors as of March 18, 2009. If your name has beenomitted or misprinted, please accept ourapologies. Notify us by contacting Manager of Individual Giving AngelaDuRoss at (215) 922-8900, x. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow us to list supporterswhose gifts are less than $75, we gratefullyacknowledge their contributions.

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Board of DirectorsDavid Fryman, PresidentN. Peter Hamilton, Vice PresidentAndrea Mengel, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, Secretary

Brian AbernathyNancy BurdKaren ButlerJoy L. De JesúsEllen P. FosterMatthew GarfieldElizabeth H. GemmillCarole Haas GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIRonna F. HallJoanne HarmelinLynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D.Steve HeumannSusan G. JacobsonBarbara KaplanVirginia KimmelHolly KinserRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyAmy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenAaron PosnerCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithHarvey B. SwedloffJoseph A. Tammaro, Jr.Lee van de VeldeDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

Board Executive CommitteeDavid Fryman, chairBrian AbernathyMichael A. DonatoRonna F. HallPeter HamiltonNancy HirsigVirginia KimmelAndrea MengelCharles RoseHether SmithLee van de Velde

Board Development Committee Michael Donato, chairPeter HamiltonLynn HaskinLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Education Committee Sheryl BarMarla DiamondDr. Dennis W. CreedonDr. Carol DombJohn KingJacqueline MatusowIlene MillerJudy PaulIlene Poses

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chairRichard MaimonJohn McCawleyMyles PettengillPaul Thais

Finance Committee Michael Donato, chairNancy BurdEllen FosterElizabeth GemmillSteve HeumannMartin RosenthalEd StavetskiHarvey Swedloff

Personnel CommitteeLee van de Velde, chairDavid Fryman Elizabeth GemmillCharles Rose

Advocacy CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairDavid GlanceyTerry GillenJulie HawkinsSusan JacobsonHolly Kinser

Institutional Giving CommitteeMichael DonatoDavid FrymanElizabeth GemmillCarole Haas GravagnoJoanne HarmelinJohn McCawleyHether Smith

Strategic Planning CommitteeAndrea Mengel, chairEllen FosterDavid FrymanEllen Yin

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

Special Events CommitteeRonna F. Hall, chairGary BramnickTom BurkeKaren ButlerChip CapelliMichael DonatoNancy ElfantCarmel D. FerrandinoEllen FosterSara FureyDavid HackneyMarlo HallJamie JoffeBarbara KaplanJoanne LawsonKelly LeeBarbara LinkBob MarburgPeggy MorganMichael NorrisBetsy OliphantDolly Beechman SchnallBrian SeamanBill Swoope

2008/09 Honorary Producers’ CircleFrederick W. Anton, IIICarole Haas GravagnoBarbara and Leslie KaplanHarvey and Virginia Kimmel

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Something Intangible is our 30th World Premiere.

Getting to produce a world premiere is a little like:inaugurating a president; having a baby; getting drafted intothe major leagues. A lot of good work has already been done,but it’s understood that it’s going to take a whole lot morework in order to achieve true success. And it is that journeytoward success that makes working on new plays so rewarding.

We love taking that journey, and have launched many newplays toward success. Two regional theatres have already committed to producing My Name is Asher Lev next season.Michael Hollinger’s Opus is running at the Old Globe in SanDiego right now. Other Arden/Hollinger world-premieres havebeen done nationally and internationally. The Chosen has beendone extensively in the regions, including a production atSteppenwolf in Chicago.

We, probably not surprisingly, strive for excellence with each ofour productions. However, we consider it a matter of particularimportance to make a world-premiere production as good asit possibly can be. This production of Something Intangible willbecome its gold standard. Producers in New York and throughout the nation will look to our production as a primeway to evaluate the script and how successful it can be onstage. Luckily, we love working with playwrights to help themrealize their best possible play.

I often refer to the Arden as a “dramaturgical organization,”which is really just a theatre-y way of saying that everyone onstaff deeply cares about – and pays attention to – what theplaywright has put on the page. A dramaturg serves the playwright and makes sure that her or his intentions are wellrepresented, both on page and on stage. The official dramaturg on this play is Michele Volanksy. She’s keenly adeptat getting playwrights to make their plays better, clearer,sharper. She feels it is her job to help the playwright to realizehis best play.

The Arden as a whole approaches every play with a similar reverence to the text. Our technical director Glenn Perlman’sjob is to take the set designer’s vision and make it threedimensional – he blueprints and builds each set. He doesn’tneed to do a textual analysis of the play to do that, but he will.In design meetings he will reference the text to challenge thedesigners to serve the play as it is written. Similarly, when wecast, I will comb the script carefully for clues that reveal exactlywho should be cast. I’ll say,“if you notice what Dale says aboutLeo on page 64,” in order to lead the creative team to the best possible cast, which is to say a cast the playwright will feel

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OUR 30TH WORLD PREMIERE

Sharon Sampieri and Jeffrey Coon in Baby Case, byMichael Ogborn, 2001

Peter Schmitz, Christopher Sapienza, Jillian Louis &Donna Migliaccio in The Dinosaur Musical, by Roband Willie Reale, 2005/06

Douglas Rees in Opus, by Michael Hollinger, 2006

John Lumia and Jennifer Childs in Dex and JulieSittin’ in a Tree, by Bruce Graham, 2007

All photos by Mark Garvin.

Scott Greer and Greg Wood in Wittenberg, by DavidDavalos, 2008

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Luckily, the Arden has been receiving national attention and support to help us do just that.Something Intangible, as well as My Name is Asher Lev received the coveted Edgerton Award for NewAmerican Plays. We recently were awarded a multi-year grant from the prestigious Harold and MimiSteinberg Charitable Trust. We are the first Philadelphia theatre to ever receive support from theSteinberg Charitable Trust for the development of new work. We are honored that our passion forproducing new plays is being recognized with such enthusiasm. This support will enable us todevote even more time and resources to this passion to assure that the plays and playwrights webelieve in can reach the heights we always hoped they would reach.

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2009SALONS

Get up close and personal with the Arden’sfavorite artists! Salons are a lively, intimate way

to get the inside scoop while sharing a glass of wine with the regions hottest theatre

professionals. Hosted by Arden’s Associate Artistic Director Amy Dugas Brown, nothing

is off-limits during these fun-filled,provocative evenings at the Arden.

BRUCE GRAHAM Monday, May 11

Bruce Graham, playwright of Something Intangible and one of our most popular salonguests, returns for an in-depth discussion. An accomplished playwright (Coyote on aFence, The Philly Fan, Belmont Avenue Social Club) and screenwriter (Anastasia, Steal thisMovie), he will share insights into his process and stories ranging from stage to TV setto film screen.

SOMETHING INTANGIBLE Thursday, May 28

Actors Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes, two of Philadelphia’s most dynamic actors,often share the stage. How did they work together to create the roles of these twobrothers at odds? How has their onstage relationship changed as this new work developed from a reading to a full production?

THE SEAFARER Thursday, June 11

Conor McPherson’s twisting tale set in Baldoyle, Ireland presents several challenges for the actors. How do they balance humor and suspense in this story of an out-of-work chauffeur and the mysterious stranger who visits him? How do they inhabit thelives and language of these men? Join us as Bill Zielinski and Greg Wood share their experiences.

Salons are held from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Arden.

Reservations are encouraged.Call 215.922.1122.

$25 each, buy three or more for $15 each, $10 for studentsIn addition to the discussion, the ticket price includes a delicious array of hors d’oeuvres

generously provided by Whole Foods.

Salon dates and times are subject to change.

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OLD CITY DINING PARTNERS PLUS

Looking for a great place to eat in Old City? Try one of these fine establishments. Be sureto mention you heard about them from us!

Bookbinder’s125 Walnut St. • 215.925.7027 • www.bookbinders.biz

Old Original Bookbinder's has long been aPhiladelphia landmark. For Joe DiMaggio, Lillian

Russell, Richard Nixon, The Rat Pack, Bob Hope and ahost of other celebrities, Old Original Bookbinder'swas a special place to enjoy seafood, cocktails, and friendship. A complete renovation at the original

location in 2005 ensured success for a new generation of luminaries and locals. Bookbinder'sExecutive Chef, David Cunningham drives famous

classics such as Snapper Soup and StrawberryShortcake to some very modern shores, whileadding such signature dishes as Bouillabaisse,

Seafood Cobb Salad and more.

Campo’s214 Market Street • 215.923.1000

www.phillyhoagie.comA legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restauranthas been churning out delicious sandwiches since

1947. Order any of the special soups, salads, andsandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll

see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

Fork and Fork: etc306-308 Market Street • 215.625.9425

www.forkrestaurant.comFork continues to set the standard for New American

bistro dining. The fresh, seasonal cuisine reflectsinternational influences with an original twist. Part of

Fork’s allure is its sophisticated interior, where thedining experience is anything but stuffy and

uncomfortable. Open seven days a week, there isplenty of time before or after the show to enjoy

lunch, dinner, or even just dessert. Come in toFork:etc, our gourmet café for a quick and satisfying

breakfast, lunch, or dinner. A private dining roomand catering are also available. Reservations

are recommended.

Patou312 Market Street • 215.928.2987

www.patourestaurant.comFrom acclaimed French chef/owner Patrice Rames,

Patou offers a menu ranging from casual hearthbaked gourmet pizzas to the most elegant dishesfrom the Cote D’Azur. City Paper Reader’s Choice

Award “Best New Restaurant”. Visit www.patourestaurant.com for all information.

Ristorante Panorama14 N. Front Street • 215.922.7800

www.pennsviewhotel.comFeaturing contemporary authentic Italian cuisine such

as homemade pastas, tender veal and daily seafoodspecialties, Ristorante Panorama is located in the

charming Penn’s View hotel, Front and Market Streets,Philadelphia. The wine program offers over 120 winesby the glass, and has received Sante’ Magazine’s “Wine

Hospitality Award for Fine Dining,” Wine Spectator’s“Best of Award of Excellence,” Philadelphia Magazine’s“Best of Philly,” and Decanter Magazine’s “Best Wine by

the Glass Program in North America.”

Serrano20 S. 2nd Street • 215.928.0770

Serrano has been a fixture in Old City since 1985.With a reputation for serving international fare at

neighborhood prices, it is the perfect place to visit,kick back and enjoy, to bring friends and make

friends. After dinner, move the evening upstairs to theTin Angel, our intimate acoustic café. Tin Angel has

presented an astonishing array of stars from theworld of blues, rock, folk and country and has earneda reputation as the best club of its size in the country.

Triumph Brewing Company117 Chestnut Street • 215.625.0855

www.triumphbrewing.comTriumph Brewing Company is a sophisticated

restaurant & brewery featuring regional American cuisine and hand-crafted freshly brewed beer.

Triumph is located in the heart of Old City.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFProducing Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrence J. NolenManaging Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. MurphyAssociate Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda DitskyAssociate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Dugas BrownArtistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin ReadArtistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elana BoulosLiterary Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis SmealDirector of Marketing and Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth YeagleMarketing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigael ReedPublic Relations Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janine ZapponeDesign Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristy GiballaEducation Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Mullin FowlerEducation and Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally WojcikManager of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela DuRossManager of Institutional Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt RosenbaumDevelopment Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina MorrisonGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer PeckAssociate General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Beth SimonBusiness Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney SpikerHouse Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryane Studivant, James YandoliBox Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn KeilyAssistant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey MassonBox Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Beyer, Thomas Choinacky, Carla Emanuele, Amanda Grove,

Michael McElroy, Fred Ott, Ryane StudivantArden Professional Apprentices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Bangert, Katherine Fritz, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche,

Richard Sonne, Gary Thayer Arden Drama School Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeff Coon, Matt Decker, Ben Dibble, Erin Driscoll,

Carla Emanuele, Liz Filios, Larry Fowler, Steve Gravelle,Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Gina Leigh, Michael McElroy,

Steve Pacek, Erin Read, Alison Roberts, Scott Sheppard,Vanda Thomas, Anneliese Van Arsdale, Jon Ward

Arden In Class and On Stage Teaching Artists . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeffrey Coon, Erin Driscoll, Carla Emanuele,Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Danielle Herbert,

James Ijames, Michael McElroy, Sally WojcikInterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Bernaski, Elana Boulos, Kagiso Kesupile-Reed, James YandoliArden Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Markovitz

PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney RiggarTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn PerlmanAssistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Day WestMaster Carpenter/Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will LambrakosProduction Stage Managers . . . . . . Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley, Elana WolffAssistant to the Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary ThayerCostume Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison RobertsCostume Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Delfiner, Alyssa Duval, Ashley Johns, Andrea Milnik, Alice ScanlonStitcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Anderson, Derwyn Cooper, Mary Beth ReganWardrobe Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asaki KurumaProperty Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan WardMaster Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin StutzmanSound Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austen Brown Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina ChadwickElectricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Corrado, Georgia Schlessman Dialect Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Hartley

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BLUE DOORBy Tanya BarfieldDirected by Walter DallasJanuary 14 - March 14, 2010 on the Arcadia Stage

Lewis is a successful mathematics professor whose wife of 25 years has just left him because of his refusalto participate in the Million Man March. So begins Lewis' sleepless night where a series of ancestors visithim and reveal the hardships and victories of their lives. Lyrical, funny and poignant, this two person tour-de-force is a thought-provoking window into the soul of one African American man grappling at theintersection of his own identity and his cultural history.

ROMEO AND JULIETBy William ShakespeareDirected by Matt PfeifferFebruary 25 - April 11, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage

Remember what it feels like to love with abandon and surrender to raw elation? We give you an unadulterated Romeo and Juliet. Come experience Shakespeare's masterpiece, without pretense or gimmick, and tap into the heart of this timeless love story.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGEMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by James LapineDirected by Terrence J. NolenMay 27 - June 27, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage

Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by Georges Seurat's stunning masterpiece,Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Brimming with beauty and light, Sunday in the Parkcelebrates the power of creation. Jeffrey Coon (Seurat) and Kristine Fraelich (Dot) star in this passionateproduction featuring Sondheim's full orchestrations and a world of “color and light”. Hold on to your hat!

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