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Sound Designer & Original MusicNATHAN A. ROBERTS

Stage ManagerSTEPHANIE COOK*

By MARY NORTON, adapted for the stage by CHARLES WAY

Assistant DirectorDAN PLEHAL

Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN

December 1, 2010 - January 30, 2011F. Otto Haas Stage

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This play was first produced by the Polka Theatre, London. Presented with the permission of The deFaria 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.

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WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to The Borrowers, a play based on the books by Mary Norton.

The Borrowers is a story about people who are very small. All of us feel small sometimes. And all of us have been told that we can’t do something until we get bigger. Sometimes it’s hard to be small in such a big world. But the Borrowers in our play are really small. They are about five inches tall. The ruler printed on the side of this page shows you how big five inches is. Is your hand bigger than five inches? How about your foot? Imagine what the world would be like if you were five inches tall.

In our play, the Borrowers use a spool of thread as a table. Try thinking about the things in your house and imagine how they would look if you were a Borrower. Imagine trying to use the remote for your TV if it was bigger than you! Imagine climbing LEGOS. Or swinging by a Silly Band.

It’s cool to think about how the world would look if you were a Borrower. Things that we use everyday would suddenly look so different. A toothbrush would be bigger than you. So how would you brush your teeth? What would you use as a bed? Use your great imagination to think about what you would do if you were a Borrower.

Our next Arden Children’s Theatre show is The Flea and the Professor, a musical based on a story written by Hans Christian Andersen, the man who wrote such great stories as The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. He also wrote a story about a very small girl who was called Thumbelina because she was the size of a thumb. The Flea and the Professor is the very last story Hans Christian Andersen wrote – and we’re turning it into a brand new musical just for you. The hero of The Flea and the Professor is one very small flea. He’s smaller than a Borrower. He’s even smaller than your thumb. But like the Borrower Arrietty, he is curious and courageous and determined to explore this great big world. That’s one of the reasons I like The Borrowers and The Flea and the Professor – they remind us that small people can do very big things. I hope you’ll come back and meet the Flea!

Thanks for coming to The Borrowers. I’d love to hear what you think of our play.You can leave me a message at 215.922.8900 ext 33 or write me at tnolen@ardentheatre.org. And I’m always looking for new stories, so if you have an idea for a play we can do, let me know.

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Cast of CharactersPod ........................................................................................................................................ Scott Boulware*The Boy/Uncle Hendreary ..............................................................................................Delanté G. Keys*Arrietty ........................................................................................................................................Bi Jean Ngo*Crampfurl/Spiller/Gyspy Boy/Eggletina ...............................................................................Steve Pacek*Mrs. Driver/Aunt Lupy .................................................................................................................... Jo Twiss*Homily ........................................................................................................................... Catharine K. Slusar*

UnderstudiesZoi Gianneas, Bryan Kerr, Stephanie Lauren, Margo O’Moore, Owen Pelesh, Ryan Walter

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Let’s set the play of The Borrowers aside for a minute.

It is a principle of my family that as a parent, my primary responsibility towards my children is to “keep them safe”. That was my explanation for why I had to buckle them into their car seats when they were really little, why they had to hold my hand when we crossed a busy street, and why they couldn’t practice tightrope on a seven-foot-high stonewall.

Simple. No confusion. Just doing my job.

It has gotten more complex as we discuss other things—like, for instance, when and how they should talk to strangers. It’s OK to converse with a wait-person in the local restaurant, OK to talk with Cookie, the sometimes unhinged but basically harmless neighbor, but not OK to talk with someone

when, well, when I’m not there or when…I just might not want them to. When it just doesn’t seem right. As defined by me…don’t ask questions…I don’t know who you shouldn’t talk to, but I’ll know who those people are when I see them. I’m just trying to keep you safe.

I have to admit, the “keep ‘em safe” mantra isn’t wearing so well over time. When, and how, do I grant my children the opportunity to play it a little less safe? There’s a list that has started to grow: when do they get to cross the street by themselves, walk to school, ride bikes to the playground? All part of “just keeping them safe”—in the city.

So Arrietty Clock is a growing, developing 13 year-old. Wants out of her parents’ reach. Wants to feel the wind in her hair. Wants to experience things full-throttle. Wants to be left alone. Average, you might say. Except that she’s a Borrower: inches tall, lives in a garret beneath the floorboards, and just might be on the verge of extinction. Then has to flee her home and become a refugee. Which she really sorta likes. Imagine trying to keep that girl safe!

The beauty of the story of the Borrowers is how real it is. And how fantastical—at the same time. Ripped from the news and a complete fairy tale. Well, no, as Arietty says: fairies don’t exist. But Borrowers do.

For my part, I hear noises all the time in the walls of our house; not animals, I hope, but Borrowers, reminding me that walls just comprise the box that I imagine keeps us all safe from the dangers—and from some of the pleasures!—that the world offers.

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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 and Tony award winning August: Osage County, turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

WANAMAKER’S PURSUITA new play by Rogelio MartinezDirected by Terrence J. NolenPart of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel CenterMarch 31 – May 22

Paris, 1911. A world on the brink of change. Young Nathan Wanamaker arrives in search of stock for the family de-partment 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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Arrietty and her family use everyday items for different things since they are much smaller than humans.

Arrietty and the Flea (who you will meet this spring in our next show The Flea and the Professor) might use a teacup for a bathtub! Or a blade of grass as a slide!

Find these everyday items hidden throughout the stagebill:

CLOCK TEACUP CURTAINS CATDOLLHOUSE CATEPILLAR CANDLE SCREWDRIVER CROW SHOE MOTH HALF A SCISSORCRICKET SNOWFLAKES

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The Flea0.06 in

Arrietty 5 in

Peter Pan 4 ft 8 in

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)24 ft

Here are some of your favorite Arden Children’s Theatre characters and how they measure up to each other!

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ARRIETTY POD HOMILY THE BOY MRS DRIVER SPILLER CAMPFURL EGGLETINA UNCLE HENDREARY

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Who’s WhoSCOTT BOULWARE (Pod) is thrilled to be back at the Arden where he was last seen in Sunday in the Park with George. Most recently, Scott appeared in Love Jerry with the Nice People Theatre Company. Regional credits include: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse Square Foundation (Hanna Theatre), Drury Lane Oakbrook (Chicago) and BoarsHead Theatre (Michigan). Philadelphia credits include: People’s Light & Theatre, Wilma Theater and Act II Playhouse, among others. Scott also appears in the soon-to-be released film, Mayor Cupcake. Love to Mollie, Eli and Ezra. This one’s for you tooter pants!

DELANTÉ G. KEYS (The Boy/Uncle Hendreary) is ecstatic to be making his Arden debut. Delanté is a graduate of Arcadia University. He has been working as both an actor and teaching artist. He has taught for People’s Light & Theatre, Arcadia University’s Camp Shakespeare, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights. He has appeared in The Nutcracker, What the Butler Saw, Road (Curio Theatre); The 8: Reindeer Monologues (BCKSEET); Six Degrees of Separation (Allen’s Lane Theater); Black Gold (InterAct Theatre Company); Kid Simple (Azuka Theatre Company); Fatebook (New Paradise Laboratories); Living News (National Constitution Center); and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (People’s Light & Theatre). Thanks to Whit, the cast, and production team. Love to Kyle!

BI JEAN NGO (Arrietty) is overjoyed to be back in the land of the Arden. She just finished The Threepenny Opera, and also appeared in last season’s Peter Pan. She holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School, and a Bachelor of Science in Film & Television from Boston University. In addition to acting in theatre, commercials and film, she is also proud to be a teaching artist for the Arden, and a program actor for Philadelphia Young Playwrights. Thanks to all the great Philly theatre people who are contributing to her journey: Nice People Theatre, InterAct, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, PlayPenn, the Arden...and all her friends and family who encourage her to play, and who also keep it real.

STEVE PACEK (Crampfurl/Spiller/Gyspy Boy/Eggletina) is a theatre artist/teacher born and raised in the City of Brotherly Love. He’s thrilled to be back at the Arden after last season’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Other favorite Philly credits include: RENT, Bomb-itty of Errors (11th Hour Theatre Company); Little Shop of Horrors (11th Hour/Theatre Horizon); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Theatre Horizon); Les Miserables, Man of La Mancha (Walnut); The Dead, Franklin’s Apprentice, Pacific Overtures (Arden); and Untitled Project #213 (Philly Fringe) Steve is a co-founder and the artistic associate of 11th Hour Theatre Company. Much love and thanks to my family and friends, Whit, and everyone at the Arden! For Jorge, love always.

CATHARINE K. SLUSAR (Homily) is delighted to be here at the Arden where she has performed in A Prayer for Owen Meany, Northeast Local, The Syringa Tree, Sideways Stories from Wayside School and The BFG. Other work in Philadelphia includes Iron and Any Given Monday (Theatre Exile), Frozen, Drink Me, Missing Link, and Lebensraum (InterAct) and Mr. Bailey’s Minder (Walnut Street). She has also performed with Act II, People’s Light, The Lantern, Gas and Electric Arts, PlayPenn, The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Azuka and Bristol Riverside. Catharine is the recipient of The F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artists, a Barrymore Award, and an Independence Fellowship. Love to Whit, Jane and Emory.

JO TWISS (Mrs. Driver/Aunt Lupy) This is Jo’s Arden debut. Other recent Philly credits include the nurse in Romeo and Juliet at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Up, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Louise in Always Patsy Cline, and Josie in A Moon for the Mis-begotten (Barrymore nom.) at Bristol Riverside Theatre, Louisa in Magic Fire at the Wilma, After Play at the Walnut, Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa (Barrymore nom.) at Hedgerow. Recent Regional credits include Nat in Rabbit Hole at Pittsburgh Public and Theatre Works, The Travels of Angelica and Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and St. Louis Rep. Broadway: u/s Big Mama and the nurse in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

MARY NORTON (Author) was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire in the early 1900s. Her earliest ambition was to become an actress. After marrying, she lived in Portugal where she had four children and then moved to America, occasionally writing stories for adults. Norton returned to Britain in 1943 where she began writing children’s stories and taking up acting work again. Norton’s first book, published in 1943, The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and its sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks became the basis for the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks. The Borrowers, which is set in the house in which Norton was raised, was published in 1952. It was an immediate success, winning the Library Association’s Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961) and The Borrowers Avenged (1982).

CHARLES WAY (Adapter) has written over fifty plays, many of them for young people, and his work has been produced all over the world. Way has won several awards and his play Merlin and the Cave of Dreams for Imagination Stage in Washington, D.C. was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding New Play of 2004. This year Way had two new plays opening in the United States: Pirates at Imagination Stage and an adaptation of The Iron Ring in Minneapolis. Charles has also written several radio plays, and a TV poem for the BBC, No Borders, set in Wales, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

WHIT MACLAUGHLIN (Director) is the OBIE Award-winning Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories (NPL). He loves working at the Arden. His favorites plays there have been If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, A Year with Frog and Toad, Sleeping Beauty, The BFG, and The Stinky Cheese Man. He also has directed Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, The Hobbit, and PROM for the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. He has created a number of productions with his company New Paradise Laboratories, including Fatebook, which premiered at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Batch, a work commissioned by the Humana Festival of New American Plays and most recently, Freedom Club, created and produced with Adriano Shaplin and the Riot Group. Love to Catharine, Jane, and Emory.

LEWIS FOLDEN (Scenic Designer) is familiar to Arden audiences for his Barrymore-nominat-ed Boxcar Children, as well as four other productions. Recent projects have been The Bench for the Pittsburgh Playhouse, ‘S Wonderful for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and Hansel & Gretel for Central PA Youth Ballet. NY design credits include numerous international tours, Off-Broadway, resident, and showcase productions while other regional work includes sets for DC’s Woolly Mammoth & Theatre J, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Kennedy Center and the Boston, Miami City, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee Ballets. In past seasons he has designed world premieres of Jules Feiffer’s A Bad Friend, Ariel Dorfman’s Picasso’s Closet, and Robert Brustein’s Spring Forward/Fall Back. He is a survivor of the Yale School of Drama.

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing The Borrowers for the Arden. Previous Arden designs include The Threepenny Opera; Sunday in the Park with

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Who’s WhoGeorge (Barrymore Award Nomination 2010); Romeo and Juliet; Something Intangible (2009 Barrymore Award for Costume Design); Candide; Winesburg, Ohio; Ferdinand the Bull; Caroline, or Change (2007 Barrymore Award for Costume Design); The Stinky Cheese Man; Twelfth Night; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and Bunnicula. Other companies Rosemarie designs for are People’s Light & Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, New Paradise Laboratory, 1812, and InterAct Theatre Company. Rosemarie is also an Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art and Design. Special thanks to the costume shop.

DREW BILLIAU (Lighting Designer) Lighting design credits include Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Tea: A Mirror of Soul, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Porgy and Bess, Faust and Macbeth; Abduction of Seraglio for Teatri SpA of Treviso: Iron for Theater Exile; Lucidity Suitcase’s Red Eye de Havre de Grace, The Melting Bridge and Flamingo Winnebago; New Paradise Laboratories Fatebook; and Prom; Arden’s Frog and Toad, All My Sons, Violet, and Falsettos; Lantern Theater’s Hamlet and Henry IV; Ballet X’s Le Baiser Inèvitable, They Break and Risk of Flight.

NATHAN A. ROBERTS (Sound Design & Original Music) Arden: Ferdinand the Bull (Sound Design/Music Direction). Regional: sound design and live music for Christopher Bayes’ production of The Servant of Two Masters (Yale Rep); music direction for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The Who’s Tommy, and original music/sound design for Sarah Ruhl’s Late, a Cowboy Song (Yale Summer Cabaret). Off-Broadway: Jos Theatre’s Faust (Blue Heron Arts Center) and The Playwright’s Realm production of Dramatis Personae (Cherry Lane). MFA, Yale School of Drama. Nathan is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in creating original music for plays. He also builds idiosyncratic folk instruments in his attic.

AARON CROMIE (Puppet Designer) is a Philadelphia based director, mask and puppet designer and performer who previously designed the masks and puppets for The BFG, A Prayer for Owen Meany and Pa-cific Overtures. He performed at the Arden in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Charlotte’s Web. Aaron teaches theatre for The Unversity of the Arts and Headlong Performance Institute and is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. www.aaroncromie.com

STEPHANIE COOK (Stage Manager) previous Arden Children’s Theatre credits include If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Peter Pan and Go, Dog. Go! and she is very excited to be back again! A past Walnut Street Theatre apprentice, she has also worked with PlayPenn and most recently stage managed Theatre Horizon’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Proud member of AEA. She is thankful for the opportunity and sends love to her family and Colin.

DAN PLEHAL (Assistant Director) is ecstatic to be working on his first production with Arden Theatre Company. Previously, Dan has assistant directed with Theatre Horizon and Team Sunshine Performance Corp., performed with The Devon Theatre, Walnut St. Theatre Outreach, and will soon perform in A New Brain at Plays and Players. Thanks to the Arden, family, Maura, and Andrew. Need Headshots, Promotional or Production Photos? www.PlehalPhotography.com

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.

Who’s WhoAMY 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.

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$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 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. Paul E. Kelly FoundationLiberty Property TrustMain Line HealthRosenlund Family Foundation SEI Wealth ManagementSusquehanna Bank The Victory FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo FoundationWaldron Wealth ManagementWalter J. Miller Trust

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

Looking for a business tax break in 2010?Receive a tax credit through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program by supporting the Arden! (Funds directly support Arden for All, education outreach program.)

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

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

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 Almut BreazealeBernard Brewstein & Ellen RosenthalDeDe & Tony BrownNancy BurdLaurada ByersChip CapelliChristina Clay MD Priscilla & John ClementJoy De Jesús & Jamie ReynoldsRobert M. DeverTobey & Mark DichterMichael A. Donato & Peter R. SonzogniDeirdre DoonerMarie & Peter DoonerDeb Dorsey & Mike GreenShafiq EbrahimJames R. Fairburn & David A. WickardStephen 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 HeumannSusan Jacobson & Michael Golden*Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney & Dr. Dorothy NovickHolly Kinser

Kenneth & Eve KlothenJoseph Kluger & Susan LewisBill & Beth LandmanWinnie & Eric LienWilliam A. LoebRichard Maimon & Susan SegalLarry & Mickey MagidTina MancoLewis R. & Sue Ann MarburgGloria & Dan MarianoJean S. MarkovitzBarbara & Don MathesonKirsten & James McCoyJohn & Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel & George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasEllen & Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy & Terrence J. NolenRon & Suzanne NaplesMichael Norris & Matt VarratoDiane PalmerThomas Petro & Kristine MessnerDr. & Mrs. Joel PorterAaron Posner & Erin WeaverAnn & Frank Reed, through the Malfer FoundationAmelia Q. ReilyPhyllis & 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 aduross@ardentheatre.org.

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

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters$500 - $999Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Rebecca and John AdamsStan and Lisa AltmanRichard and Joan BehrBarry and Marilyn BevacquaDaniel R. Blickman*Ruth E. BrownCarol CaswellBarbara R. CobbJim and Pat Lockhart CulbertsonShannon and Edward FarmerMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita GoldbergBob and Jan GorenEdith KlausnerClara and Jorge LaBrakeKaren and Mark HiteMike and Helene LoebDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffMrs. Grace MadeiraDr. Arlen Marks and David SmithDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoGeorge and Judy McCarthyLaura Offutt and Steve FukuchiBarbara and Don ParmanDan PromisloWhitney Quesenbery and John ChesterPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftMarilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie*Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family FoundationEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsKaren and Jon SirlinRobert and Karen SharrarMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsCorinne StahlHarold and Emily StarrMs. Dorothy S TomassiniDr. and Mrs. Stephen G. VassoMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingMichael Zuckerman and Jan Levine

$250-$499Howard AaronsonDr. Ron AbramsRon and Joyce BayerSheila Bell and Thomas DoddsPat and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanSteve Zettler and Cordelia BiddleMr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn BirnhakDoris and Aaron BitmanLinda and Alden BlythPhilip and Elaine BobroveMr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat BoyleBernard and Pamela BrownsteinSheryl RoserDebbie and Alan CasnoffCaroline CastagnoJennifer CoffeyDr. W. Robert and Margaret CookRuth Miller CoxJames Crawford and Judith DeanKathy and Jerry DrewPaul and Adele EpsteinJoseph and Carolyn EvansAnne EwersMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanMs. Joanne E. FieldsBuzz and Linda GambleDan GannonIn memory of Bob GallagherCharles GearGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferBernie and Carole GottliebMary C. HarbisonBarbara and Robert HauptfuhrerCharles HeadBetsy and Ted HershbergJim and Carolyn HessingerAnonymousDavid and Beth Medoway KaganPhilip and Marge KalodnerNancy KaneBarbara and Jerry KaplanMargaret KellerSusan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman

Barbara and Leonard KlinghofferJoel KoppelmanKenneth D. KoppleMarilyn and David KrautMary Ellen KroberRuth and Peter LaibsonSarah and Ledlie LaughlinRichard LeeLorraine and late Richard LeffLinda and Donald LewisBarbara Patterson LobbJohn and Martha LubellClaudia MadrigaleFrank and Sally MalloryMary Louise MartinGloria McNuttMadeline MillerKeith and Liz MosleyDr. Robert and Diane MullinStephen and Janet MullinKathy Nolen EdwardsPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkAnonymousSusan Odessey and Paul CoffAlice and Albert PackmanJohn and Judy PeelerJohn and Margaret PregSherri and Abe ReichMary Jo ReillyDulcie RommAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerJerry and Bernice RubensteinJoan and Bill SaidelBrian SeamanSusan GreeneDr. and Mrs. Eugene ShusterFrank and Catherine SignorelloWilliam S. SimpsonLeslie E. SkiltonDavid and Carleene SlowikJames L. SmithElaine and Sal TagliareniEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonIn Loving Memory of Jordan RosenfeldHella and Lew Volgenau

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.

AnonymousJane BerrymanJames and Suzanne HillMarilyn and Dean R. Staats

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

Thank You to our Supporters$250-$499 continuedMarlene WeinbergFred and Arleen WeinsteinMatthew A. White*Mrs. Thomas A. WilliamsNancy WingoMr. and Mrs. Harry W. WoodcockMr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem*Tom and Jackie Zemaitis

$125-$249Carol and Bennett AaronEmely AikenJanet and Roger AlwangBeverley AndersonCarl and Pat BachJudith BarrettRobert and Sandy Clay BauerSusan Becker and Aaron RubinJoann White and William BeckettDavid and Nancy BergmanJane BibermanJoseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineMarilyn Sifford and Robert ButeraCharlotte E. CadyJoseph T. CaseyScott and Nelly ChildressSaul and Sandra ClairEdwin CloseJohn and Ellen CondelloMary Ann and Jacob DaileyDaniel Devlin Marla and Andrew DiamondRhonda DickeyLarry and Pat DixonEllen and Max DooneiefBeverly DotterBeverly DubinKathleen DuffyJill and Mike DulanyLois S. DursoSue and Bob EvansWilliam and Anne EwingJudith and Paul FarberSylvia Beck and Jay FedermanAskold Zagars and Marie FeehanCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyMilton and Charlotte FeldmanRuth and Andre FerberLarry and Maureen Mullin FowlerJohn and Elaine FrankKenneth and Cecile FrankPaulette FreemanDavid and Christina FrymanNancy and Richard GabelMiriam GalsterStan GibellDavid K. GiffordTim and Carol GoldenPaul and Kathleen GoldenbergRobert and Patti GoodmanKelley A. Grady*Leonard GreeneMiriam and Saul GrossmanCarl and Helene GumermanDona and Curt HaltiwangerMary and Bill HangleyBrian HannaD. Keith HargreavesRonald HermanJohn Houle and Katherine HaydenPeter and Barbara HutcheonLaurie and Brad IngermanSarah and Joe JordanBarbara and Charles KahnSandra R KarlsonPhyllis KauffmanLucy KaufmanMr. and Mrs. Doug and Ruth Keating

Cynthia KillionAlan and Elaine KlawansHarold and Maris KobbChristal Kozloski*Walter Kraft and Deborah HungDr. Marc S. and Joan LapayowkerBob and Mary LawlerCraig and Stephanie LewisLaurel and Robert LipshutzPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinWilliam and Sandy LockLeroy and Ruth LoewensternRobert and Patricia LynamLynn and Joe MankoIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickRosalie MatzkinLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellFaith and Arthur McDowellLorraine and Bruce McMahonAlan and Susan MillerPaul and Lee S MillerMartin and Sandra MillerSusie and Geoff MillsEllen MonseesDr. Kathleen MoyerJerome NapsonEtta and Chuck NissmanCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyBrenda J. OliphantGerald and Margaret O’NeillKarin and Thomas PajakRichard PariseauMichael and Judy PaulJohn and Judith PeakesDouglas and Mary PeckBob and Leila PeckDave and Sylvia PerelmanMary and F. Laurence PethickHelen PhillipsLisa Pinto TrucksessDonald and Carol PlankRhoda PolakoffNancy PostLinda QuamTeresa Reyes and John HogeneschClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellGraham and Betsy RobbClaire RoccoSusan RockFrancoise and Louis RollmannJane RoseDr. Harry RosenthalDaniel and Faye RossBernard and Barbara RuekgauerJanet RupertBill and Denise RyanJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigRuth and Marvin SachsThekla W. SackstederLucille SchlackKenneth SchmittMary Ellen and Carl SchneiderJim Klein and Addy SchultzSusan SchweitzerJeanne and Donald ScottElliott SeifElaine L. ShermanMarie Cornelia ShewThomas and Janice ShowlerVictoria SicksSusan and Robert SimonBob and Harriet SingerMargaret R. SpencerPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinMichael and Hannah StarobinFred Stevens and Usha SrinivasanRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart

Paul StoneRuth and Norman StuessySally SwitzerJoyce Ann SwoyerBob and Tina TateRichard and Anne TaxJulie and Craig TobiasLorraine TojiCathy J. Toner*Judith Shadden TorranceBrenda Freitag and Chet TuthillJohn UrofskyEmily and Charles WagnerClifford and Ann WagnerLaurence Ward and Rossana JaffeThomas WatkinsVivian WeinblattSally Wojcik and Will LambrakosBertram and Lorle WolfsonBarbara WrightBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$75-$124George AhernNan AldersonDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsArthur S. ApplebaumTheodora AshmeadAlan and Sandy AultLauren and Joshua AverillCynthia and Burgess AyresKatherine BakerDr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlinRobert BaronRobert R. Baron*Sally and Morris BarronRichard and Eileen BazelonJudith BeckLisa BeckerJay and Nancy BerkowitzHarriet BernsteinSydney and Doris BeshunskyThomas H. BlackburnDr. and Mrs. Benjamin BlankPatricia and David BoathJanice and Roger BoeFrank BoyerMichael P. BoyleMartha BrandriffCharles BrennanPaul BreslinJulianne BrienzaLaurie BrownMarlin G. Brown*AnonymousMichael P. BuckleyCarol BuettgerAnne BurridgeRegina ByrneBob CarfagnoBarbara CarmineJohn CehlarRonald and Christina ChangMary ChomitzAnnemarie Clarke and David BuchSharyn F ClausonRhoda and Michael CobenSue CohenDr. Marie A. ConnCarol CoplandMs. Elizabeth P. CornmanZoe CoulsonCharles J. CoyleEmily and Bob CroninKimberly L. Crown*Jennifer DalpiazBarbara DaneluzziJoseph and Helen D’AngeloEllen Deacon

Your GiftMakes It Happen

Provide kids in Greater Philadelphia and Camden with tickets to an Arden Children’s Theatre performance, a show-related book,

bus transportation to the show and in-classroom lessons from an Arden teaching artist.

Give the Gift of Theatre Support Arden For All

To make a contribution, visit us online at ardentheatre.org/afa or call Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 x25.

Morrison Elementary School kids with Chris Bresky, star of Peter Pan (2009/10)

Thank You to our Supporters$75-$124 continuedRoseann Muziani DealRita and Grace DenboStephanie DevineyStephanie DevineyCarole and Marc DichterGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoEllen DipintoStuart DonaldsonLei-Lynne Doo-HorvickSonya DoreJean DowdallMr. Murray and Libby Rosof DubinDonald and Geraldine DuclowDavid DurhamAngela DuRossEileen GildeaMarcia EisenbergLinda V EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWally and Jane EvansBarry J EvansMark and Rene FeitelsonAllan FellnerMalcolm and Martha FickJohn FischerMarjorie FitermanCurt FoxworthMs. Judy FrankDrs. Barbara and Len FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene and Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichPaula FuchsbergWendi FurmanSusan GasteyerJohn GeronimoDavid GlanceyCarrie Glasby and Kathleen KarhnakMs. Joan GmitterJoan and Marvin GoldbergMicki and Larry GoldbergVirginia GormleyPriscilla GrosickMarsha GrossNancy and Richard GroveSusan and Adam GuttentagCyndi HaasJoyce K HackmanJudge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertOna and Stephen HamiltonMartha Ann HansonAdrienne and Eric HartLinda Fowler HartnettGail HauptfuhrerBeverly HaydenDouglas and Harriet HeathRuth HerdBill Herman and Laurie NavinSusan W. HerronHeidi HertfelderTom and Wendy HibberdDaniel and Monica HilfertyLisa and Bill HoffmanDr. David HoltzPatricia and David HoltzArnold and Esther HornGlenna HulsAram and Jackie JerrehianDonald and Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones AssociatesPatricia and Paul KalataDonald and Mary KaneAlex and Joanne KarrasScott and Margie KasnerRobert and Ellen KavashToni and Herb KestenbaumJohn and Cheryl Kirby

Brian and Carin KirschnerKen and Eva KleinRobert KleinMarlena and Lazar KleitSteven KnepperBernadette KollerJames KronzerStephen and Helene KunkelPeter and Peshe KuriloffAnne B. LadensonDavid LadovAileen LangeJohn and Joanne LawsonRobert LazarDaniel T. LeePamela LevinAlan and Susan LevinKaren LewisNorman and Sylvia LiebermanWarren and Arline LiebermanBarbara and Richard LindeKaren LiskerMelissa Lore*Terry Domsky and Leon LubiejewskiAnonymousDonald and Nancy MaclayTed and Ronnie MannRonnie and Larry MargelMilton and Renee MarguliesRobert Stern and Mary Ellen WeberRichard and Gretchen McCannM. McDonaldCeleste McMenaminCheryl MeyerMarianne MillerNancy MillerClaire MoyerCarmen MucciKenneth and Susan MyersNatalie LevkovichMary Ann NaultyMr. and Mrs. Gene NichollsEliot NiermanJanet NovackWilliam O’ConnorHugh C. O’NeillLinda OslerClare and Dewaine OsmanStanton S. OswaldVirginia OwenSandra PackelStacy ParisCheryl and Paul ParkerSydney S. PasternackRuth PetkofskyBruce and Lynne PodratDavid and Amy PollackHelene B. and Nelson PorterJanet PothKaren and David PresselKeith QuintonEllen SchlenkerKaren and Mark ReberAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanSue and Bruno RescignaLeslie RescorlaJoy RickabaughLorraine RiesenbachDr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew BushkoSharon and Mark RobbGeorge and Zara RobertsDouglas RobinsonLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillJohn and Claire RodgersKenneth and Shelley RosenbergChad and Jennifer RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelHal and Sue Rosenthal

Edwin and Sally RosentholJoan RozanskiDiane RurodeRoberta SampsonMark SandbergRuth Ann SchlesingerMr. and Mrs. A. SchmidtMs. Kim SchmuckiBonnie SchorskeHarold and Sharon SchwalmWarren and Carole Lee SchwomeyerAlex and Stefanie SeldinRobert and Karen SerenbetzPhyllis SextonKaren Schermerhorn and Evan SeymourAntoinette Farrar SeymourA. Paul ShallersLenore and Bernard ShermanCatharine ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversMel and Susanne ShusterSuzanne Simons and David BorgenicShirley SivitzBruce and Penny SmithRichard SmithIn Memory of Ruth Soloman SmithRichard and Doranne SmithJohn and Georgia SmythGail SnitzerJay SnydermanSuzanne SpainAnonymousAnne SpeyerPaula SpielbergArthur P StaddonLeon SteinbergRita StevensSharon and Robert StrochakMichael SullivanNina TafelMarion and Richard TaxinJoel TempleMaureen Torsney-WeirLinda and Ken Traver-NeeldGilda VersteinKathe VillanovaMr. John WaldieWanna Be a StarBeth Brooks and Bob WaterstonBrock and Mary WeatherupJenny and Bill WebbHarold WeinerHarry and Helen WeinheimerMarvin and Betty WeissAnonymousEdward WilkLydia WindermanSam and Kuna YankellPaul and Barbara YeagleBarbara ZalkindJoan D. Zeidner*John and Donna ZappacostaCarlos Ziegler and Elizabeth Hasson

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List acknowledges donors as of Nov 3, 2010. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Megan Staples at 215.922.8900 x46 or mstaples@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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Board and Committee MembersBoard 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 Executive CommitteeEllen Foster, chairBrian AbernathyMichael DonatoRonna F. HallPeter HamiltonNancy HirsigVirginia KimmelAndrea MengelCharles RoseHether SmithLee van de Velde

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

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

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

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

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

The Scene CommitteeMike DonohoeTalia Yellin FisherBrooke FortierSeth GoldenbergGenvieve GoldsteinJason GreenfieldDana MarstonMeghan McKeownAmelia RileyJessica Sharp

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

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

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

Strategic Planning CommitteeAndrea Mengel, chairEllen FosterDavid FrymanEllen Yin

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

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

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

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

DevelopmentDevelopment Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRossDirector of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica CalterManager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah SextonDevelopment Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Megan StaplesDevelopment Intern ...................................................................................................................................... William Connell

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

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

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

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

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

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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. HanleyAudio Engineer .................................................................................................................................................... Larry FowlerStitchers ...................................................................... Lorraine Anderson, Meghan Diehl, Rachel Ford, Thomas SirkotCostume Interns ............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina YeccoAssistant to the Stage Manager ......................................................................................... Tara Demmy, Andrew Wojtek Assistant Lighting Designer ...................................................................................................................... Christopher FreyAssistant Sound Designer ..................................................................................................................................... Jacob RileyProps Painter ...................................................................................................................................................... Maura RocheDeck Crew ...................................................................................................................................................... Ashley Esterline

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BISTRO ROMANO 120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.comThis Historic Landmark, nestled in an 18th century granary, will stimulate your senses with an ambiance of candlelight and casual elegance while creating an unforgettable dining experience. Wine Spectator Award for our wine list! Voted a “Best of Philly” Restaurant, guests enjoy Bistro Romano’s acclaimed Regional Italian Cuisine and rave of the award-winning Caesar Salad prepared tableside and the romantic underground wine cellar for two. Please call for Wine Cellar reservations. We invite you to visit our restaurant and find out first hand what keeps our guests coming back for 22 years.

BISTRO 7 7 N. 3rd St. 215.931.1560 • www.bistro7restaurant.comBistro 7 is a small, elegant, food-first BYOB owned and operated by Chef Michael O’Halloran. Relying on a network of local organic farmers, Bistro 7 offers a contemporary take on the classic French bistro.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coming this Spring We wanted to tell you about a really cool play that will be on stage at the Arden this spring. It’s called The Flea and the Professor.

You may have seen plays here before–Peter Pan or A Year with Frog and Toad or If You Give a Mouse a Cookie–where you knew the story before you saw it on stage. The Flea and the Professor is a story by a guy named Hans Christian Anderson, who also wrote The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid. We liked the story of The Flea and the Professor so much that we’ve asked some friends to turn it into a brand new play just for you. You would be one of the first kids EVER to see it. The hero of our play is a Flea. Now, normally you wouldn’t be able to see a Flea on stage. In real life, a Flea is about 1/16 of an inch big and looks like this:

But in our play, we’ve made the Flea big enough for you to see. And our Flea also dances and sings. We don’t think most fleas do that, but fleas are pretty awesome—they can jump REALLY high in the air. They also like to bite people and suck blood. (Ew.) But in this play, the Flea is kind of a nice guy. And he has a best friend called the Professor. When you hear “Professor”, you may think of a mean old teacher like Professor Snape from the Harry Potter books. But this Professor is way different and doesn’t assign homework. He’s pretty cool and likes to go on super exciting adventures with the Flea. They like to fly high in the sky in a hot air balloon, explore a deserted island where creepy Cannibals live, and perform an act in a three-ring circus. Plus they sing a bunch of songs that we think you’ll really like.

We hope that you’ll come and check The Flea and the Professor out when it starts performances in May. Since it’s a play about two friends, you might like watching this play with a friend. Or bring along your mom and dad or brother or sister. And, like all the plays at the Arden, you’ll get to meet the actors after the show. But be careful when shaking hands with that Flea...We hear he bites.

The Flea and the

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Professor, and James Christy, Professor Emeritus,on Ghost-Writer.

THINK VILLANOVAOver 50 Graduate Programsin Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Complete your degree part time or full time• Small classes with engaged faculty• Competitive tuition rates• Teachers receive special tuition reduction

Apply now for spring!gradinfo@villanova.edu • www.gradartsci.villanova.edu

Choose from over 50 graduate and certificate programs in the College ofLiberal Arts & Sciences…from traditional academic programs like History,English or Chemistry to professionally oriented programs in Human ResourceDevelopment, Public Administration or Communication. Or choose the M.A.in Liberal Studies program, which allows you to design your own course ofstudy in the arts and humanities.

Villanova warmly congratulates its Theatrefaculty members Michael Hollinger, Associate

Professor, and James Christy, Professor Emeritus,on Ghost-Writer.

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

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The Flea and the

Professor

By Jordan Harrison Music by Richard Gray

Lyrics by Jordan Harrison and Richard GrayDirected by Anne Kauffman

The Flea and the

Professor

A World Premiere Musical based on the

the story by Hans Christian Andersen

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

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