THESE MAY SEEM LIKE SCARY STORIES

BUT DON’T HAVE NIGHTMARES OR BE UPSET...

STILL HE’S EVIL, HE’S A MURD’RER

AND THEY HAVEN’T CAUGHT HIM YET

THOUGH THE SHARK’S

TEETH CAN BE LETHAL

YOU CAN SEE THEM

WHITE AND RED

BUT YOU WON’T SEE

MACKIE’S FLICK KNIFE

ONCE HE’S SLASHED YOU

THEN YOU’RE DEAD

Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

German translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

THE THREEPENNY OPERA

Scenic DesignerTOM GLEESON+º

Sound & Video DesignerJORGE COUSINEAU

Fight DirectorJOHN BELLOMO

Assistant Musical DirectorMATHEW WRIGHT

Costume DesignerROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

Musical DirectorERIC EBBENGA

Stage ManagerJOHN DAVID FLAK*

Lighting DesignerTHOM WEAVER+

DramaturgSARAH OLLOVE

Assistant DirectorMALIKA OYETIMEIN

Assistant Stage ManagerCHERIE B. TAY

Play with music after JOHN GAY’S The Beggar’s Opera, in Three ActsMusic by KURT WEILL

German translation by ELISABETH HAUPTMANNAdaptation and lyrics by BERTOLT BRECHT

English translation of dialog by ROBERT MACDONALDEnglish translation of lyrics by JEREMY SAMS

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

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN

September 30 - November 7, 2010F. Otto Haas Stage

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

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

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

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.º Tom Gleeson is the recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award to support his role as set designer of The Threepenny Opera

and work with Arden Drama School. The Princess Grace Foundation-USA proudly continues to assist the career development of emerging artists nationwide.

+ Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

WELCOMEfrom the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to our production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera.

I love that at the Arden, we are able to produce such a wide range of work. Currently running upstairs on the Arcadia Stage is the world premiere production of Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer. This new play tells the story of a woman who works as a typist; its music is Michael’s language and the keys of the typewriter. The Threepenny Opera is a sprawling story about the mores and values of an entire society; it’s an epic tale brought to life by a cast of 17, an orchestra of 8 and a crew to match. In some ways these two very different projects represent the great range of stories we are privileged to bring to life on our two stages (Ghost-Writer runs thru November 7 if you haven’t yet seen it).

Next up on the Haas Stage is The Borrowers, an adaptation of the classic children’sstory by Mary Norton about a family of very small people who live under thefloorboards, to be directed by Whit MacLaughlin. Later in this season, we willproduce plays by two Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwrights, Eugene O’Neilland Tracy Letts; a new play by Rogelio Martinez; and our first commissionedproject for Arden Children’s Theatre, a new musical based on Hans ChristianAndersen’s The Flea and the Professor by Jordan Harrison and Richard Gray.

In 2009/10, we presented seven productions, held 458 performances and reached an audience of more than110,000 people. The broad range of work we produce, from new plays and musicals to premieres and children’s theater, is part of our success and allows us to constantly expand our artistic reach.

Thank you for joining us for The Threepenny Opera. This promises to be an extraordinary season at the Arden. I hope you will continue to be a part of it.

Terrence J. Nolen

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Cast of CharactersPEACHUM, head of a gang of beggars ................................................................................. Scott Greer*FILCH, a beggar ..........................................................................................................................Doug Hara*MRS. PEACHUM................................................................................................................... Mary Martello*POLLY PEACHUM, their daughter.....................................................................................Victoria FringsMACHEATH, head of a gang of crooks ..........................................................................Terence Archie*

MATT OF THE MINT .........................................................................................Darren Michael Hengst*CROOK-FINGERED JAKE .......................................................................................................... Sean LallyCHAIN-SAW BOB .......................................................................................................... Jamal Lee Harris*WALT ...........................................................................................................................................Bi Jean Ngo*NED ................................................................................................................................ Sebastian Naskaris*JIMMY ...........................................................................................................................................Doug Hara*

REVEREND KIMBALL .........................................................................................................Ken Robinson*TIGER BROWN, Chief of London Police ...................................................................Anthony Lawton*BEGGARS ................................................................... Darren Michael Hengst*, Amanda Schoonover*

JENNY ................................................................................................................................... Rachel Wallace*BETTY ........................................................................................................................ Amanda Schoonover*DOLLY ............................................................................................................................ Clare Ann O’MalleyNELLY ..........................................................................................................................................Bi Jean Ngo*VIXEN .................................................................................................................................... Brianna Horne*OLD WHORE .............................................................................................................................Doug Hara*

SMITH, a police constable ...................................................................................................Ken Robinson*LUCY BROWN, Tiger Brown’s daughter ................................................................................... Liz FiliosCONSTABLE .................................................................................................................... Jamal Lee Harris*

Fight Captain: Darren Michael Hengst Dance Captain: Doug Hara

UnderstudiesRobert Ian Cutler, Jamal Lee Harris*, Brianna Horne*, Elisabeth Kersey, Anthony Lawton*, Matt Mancuso,

Steven P. Nemphos, Kristen Norine, Clare Ann O’Malley, Sara Schmuckler, Candace Thomas, Davon Williams

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

Musical NumbersAct I

Overture ......................................................................................................................................................OrchestraThe Flick Knife Song (Moritat) .......................................................................................................Brown, ChorusPeachum’s Morning Song ............................................................................................................................ PeachumKids Today ........................................................................................................................... Peachum, Mrs. PeachumGang Song (Wedding Song) .............................................................................................................................. GangPirate Jenny ............................................................................................................................................................ PollyCannon Song ....................................................................................................................... MacHeath, Brown, MenLove Duet (Liebeslied) ....................................................................................................................MacHeath, PollyBarbara Song ......................................................................................................................................................... PollyLife’s A Bitch (Dreigroschenfinale) ...................................................................... Polly, Peachum, Mrs. Peachum

Act IIMelodrama/Polly’s Song ..................................................................................................................MacHeath, PollyThe Ballad of Sexual Imperative....................................................................................................... Mrs. PeachumA Pimp’s Tango .................................................................................................................................MacHeath, JennyThe Ballad of the Easy Life .......................................................................................................................MacHeathJealousy Duet .............................................................................................................................................. Polly, LucyWhat Keeps a Man Alive (II Dreigroschenfinale) ........MacHeath, Peachum, Jenny, Mrs. Peachum, Chorus

Act IIIThe Song of Inadequacy .............................................................................................................................. PeachumThe Socrates Song (Solomonsong) ................................................................................................................. JennyA Call from the Grave ..............................................................................................................................MacHeathBallad In Which MacHeath Begs All Mens’ Forgiveness (Grabschrift) ............................................MacHeathAct III Finale ...........................................................Chorus, Brown, MacHeath, Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum

OrchestraConductor, Piano, Keyboard ............................................................................................................. Eric EbbengaAlto Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet,Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone .................................................................................. Ken RobinsonTenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone .................................................................. Brian AdamczykTrumpet ............................................................................................................................................... Daniel WrightTrombone .............................................................................................................................................. David DoyleBass, Keyboard ................................................................................................................................ Andrew NelsonBanjo, Guitar ................................................................................................................................. Stephen KleimanTimpani, Percussion ...................................................................................................................... Mark Cristofaro

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The Threepenny Opera has a rich and storied history. Like Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Brecht and Weill’s Threepenny is something of a hybrid. It is based on John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, a play with songs originally produced in 1728 and subsequently adapted and revived in London in the 1920’s to great success. It was that production that drew the interest of Elisabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht’s secretary and lover, who translated it into German. Around that time, Brecht received a commission from a novice producer in Berlin to write a new play for the opening of his theatre. Deciding to work from Hauptmann’s translation, and using lyrics from several poems he had previously published or used in several of his past plays (including a poem by Rudyard Kipling), Brecht enlisted a young composer, Kurt Weill, to write an original score. On August 31, 1928, The Threepenny Opera opened at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, and was an immediate sensation. Within a year, there had been 4,200 performances in theatres across Europe and, by 1933, when Brecht and Weill were forced to flee Germany due to the rise of Hitler, The Threepenny Opera had been translated into 18 languages and performed over 10,000 times. Shortly thereafter, the Nazis banned The Threepenny Opera as degenerate art.

The American premiere of the then titled 3-Penny Opera was in 1933 at Philadelphia’s Garrick Theatre located at 130 Chestnut Street. The show opened to mostly favorable reviews. My favorite is Linton Martin’s of The Philadelphia Inquirer that stated: “Some mock-apprehensive souls declared they expected the patrol wagon to back up any minute and let ladies and children in first…As the saying goes, ‘Don’t take the kiddies.’” Though Philadelphia critics and audiences were intrigued by this unusual work, the musical had a short-lived Broadway run and closed after 12 performances.

The Threepenny Opera did not find success in the United States until 1954 with Marc Blitzstein’s version at the Theater de Lys in Greenwich Village. This fabled production, starring Weill’s widow Lotte Lenya (as well as such notables as Ed Asner, Charlotte Rae and Beatrice Arthur) introduced Threepenny to American audiences—aided in no small part by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra’s recordings of “Mack the Knife.”

Like Candide, there are several versions of The Threepenny Opera, as well as numerous English translations. The Wilma Theatre’s production in 1997 utilized a translation by Michael Feingold (one originally created for a Broadway production starring Sting as MacHeath). The translation you are about to see was done by Robert MacDonald with English lyrics by Jeremy Sams and was first produced at London’s Donmar Warehouse. This translation is said by many to be truer to the darker aspects of Brecht’s original. I was attracted to the vitality and muscularity of the language and lyrics and was eager to hear actors give voice to these sometimes bawdy and often provocative words.

Over 80 years have passed since The Threepenny Opera first erupted on that Berlin stage, yet thiswonderful hybrid of a musical still has bite. Brecht was a poet, and I find myself listening to the ideas expressed through Brecht’s text and Weill’s insinuating score with fresh ears and an open mind. I invite you to do the same.

Enjoy.

Terrence J. Nolen

DIRECTOR’S Notes

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A recent poll pit Luke Skywalker against Han Solo in an online popularity contest. Luke Skywalker is pure. Luke Skywalker is eager. Luke Skywalker lost by a two-to-one ratio. Although on paper the better man: loyal, earnest, dedicated, his moral superiority makes him aloof. Solo’s negative qualities–his selfishness, vanity, and rude exterior—make him much more relatable, easier to love, and definitely the guy you want as your co-pilot on a long interstellar flight.

An archetypal hero is better than the average man: better looking, smarter, more charismatic, a cleaner conscience, braver. The anti-hero may possess one or two of the traits of the classic hero but also numerous negative qualities: a dark past, laziness, amorality, violent tendencies, womanizing. Most archetypal heroes have a fatal flaw, while every anti-hero needs at least one redeeming quality. Tony Soprano loves his family, Batman stops crime, Dr. House cures the ill, and Dexter only kills killers.

Unsurprisingly, playwrights, directors, and actors embrace the anti-hero for the same reason audiences do: inhabiting the darker side of human nature guilt-free is fun. Not only can you vicariously indulge your basest desires, but when the curtain closes, the grime washes right off and you’re as moral a person as you’ve always been.

Anti-heroes really shine in the modern musical. Music opens the door so the anti-hero can pull the audience in. It helps the audience relax, embrace a different set of values, and have a good time. Sweeney Todd, murderous barber, would be unpalatable without Sondheim’s beautiful melodies; Roxie Hart, conniving wannabe, would be insufferable without the slinky jazz numbers of Chicago; and Evita, South American tyrantess, would be incomprehensible without songs that illustrate her magnetism. Songs act as the bait: the more audience members an anti-hero entertains, the more followers he ensnares. This is how Mack the Knife, career criminal, walks off the stage with the audience in his pocket.

A complex modern society needs complex heroes. Archetypal heroes make being good seem effortless. Living up to impossible standards can be exhausting while anti-heroes let us excuse our own shortcomings and have fun doing it. They see morality as a constant struggle and frequently lose. The dark side of the anti-hero calls to the darkness in our own souls: if they can be loved with all their faults, so can we.

Turn to the Dark Side Sarah Ollove, Dramaturg

Thom Sesma in Arden’s Sweeney Todd, 2005

Who’s WhoTERENCE ARCHIE (MacHeath) A Detroit native and UNC School of the Arts graduate, Terence is pleased to make his Arden debut. Recently, Terence played the title role in the Off-Broadway Pulitzer finalist production of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. He also made his Broadway debut in the 2010 Tony-nominated production of Ragtime. Terence has performed alongside Avery Brooks at Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC as well as numerous one-man shows with Urban Stages portraying Frederick Douglass, Matthew Henson, and George Washington Carver. TV credits include Law & Order, One Life To Live, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His favorite role though is doting husband to his lovely wife Kedist.

LIZ FILIOS (Lucy Brown) A graduate of the University of Michigan, Liz is grateful to be back at the Arden. Previous credits include: Candide (Cunégonde) and Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste #1/Betty/U.S. Dot). Other favorite shows include: Eurydice (Mezzo), Singin’ In The Rain (Kathy), The Enchanted (Lucy), The Tempest (Miranda), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator - Barrymore Nom.) Liz has also been fortunate to perform with The Cape Town Opera, the International Opera Theatre, Bang On A Can, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Celebrity Cruises. Love and gratitude to Mom and Dad.

VICTORIA FRINGS (Polly Peachum) is overjoyed to be making her Arden debut with the wonderfully talented cast and crew of The Threepenny Opera. She has appeared locally with the Wilma Theater (Rock ‘n’ Roll; Leaving), Brat Productions (A 24-Hour Bald Soprano), PTW (The :nv:s:ble Play) and Plays and Players (Camelot). Ms. Frings received her BA in Environment Studies and Science, Technology and Society Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theater. Many thanks to Terry and Eric for this incredible opportunity, and to her family for, well, everything. Special thanks to Luigi for his unswerving love and support. You are loved.

SCOTT GREER (Mr. Peachum) is always happy to be back at the Arden; particularly for such a thrilling and audacious play. Scott has worked for Walnut Street Wilma, Arden, InterAct, 1812 Productions, People’s Light, Theatre Exile and others. He has appeared as a solo vocalist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Scott has won four Barrymore Awards, including the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. Thanks to Terry and Mary. Love always to Jen and Lily.

DOUG HARA (Filch/Jimmy/Old Whore) Previous Arden productions include A Prayer for Owen Meany, Lookingglass Alice, and Something Intangible. Doug is a veteran ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has participated in 16 productions since 1991 including Metamorphoses, West, Arabian Nights, Up Against It, The Master and Margarita, Lookingglass Hamlet and The Brothers Karamazov. Recent roles include Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cal Shakes and Two River, and the Stage Manager in Two River’s acclaimed production of Our Town. Broadway credits - The Boys of Winter and Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway - The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, and Lookingglass Alice. Doug has performed at many regional theatres including The Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Jellyeye Drum Opera, Huntington Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, The Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Joyce Theatre. Doug lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with his wife, Kirstin and daughters, Lyra and Harper.

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JAMAL LEE HARRIS (Chain-Saw Bob/Constable) is originally from Los Angeles, California. Now living in New York City, Jamal is thrilled to be working at the Arden for the first time. National tours: Miss Saigon, The Full Monty. Favorite credits include: Once On This Island (Daniel), Big River (Jim), Spelling Bee (Mitch). Jamal is also experienced working on the creative side of the process, serving as Director and/or Choreographer for many regional productions including Les Miserables (Northern Stage) and The Full Monty (Circa 21). He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and graduate of Ithaca College.

DARREN MICHAEL HENGST (Matt of the Mint/Beggar) Thrilled to be back! Just seen in Sunday in the Park as Franz/Dennis, past Arden shows include Candide and Winesburg, Ohio. Other credits include Of Mice and Men (Curley), Les Miserables, and Born Yesterday (Paul) at The Walnut Street Theatre. The Glass Menagerie (Jim) at People’s Light. MFA: UIUC. Darren resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife Jacquellyne and their three children Austan, Skyler and Harrison.

BRIANNA HORNE (Vixen) Arden Theatre debut! Recent Wagner College graduate with a B.A. in Theatre Performance. Since graduating, Brianna has performed in Johnny Baseball and Best of Both Worlds at the American Repertory Theatre, both under the direction of Diane Paulus, Once on this Island at the Hangar Theatre, and All Shook Up at the Ogunquit Playhouse with Sally Struthers. New York Readings: Marcus Gardley’s The Voice Within and Morgan Street with music by Anika Noni Rose.

SEAN LALLY (Crook-Fingered Jake) is excited to be back at the Arden for The Threepenny Opera. He was last seen in the Arden’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Other credits include Spring Awakening; Something Cloudy, Something Clear; and Bluebird with EgoPo Productions. He is also proud to have completed his first official production with Found Theater Co.: Tales. He would like to thank his family, friends and Sara for their support.

ANTHONY LAWTON (Tiger Brown) has acted in Philadelphia for 18 years. Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut); Austin in True West, Coleman in Lonesome West, and Feste in Twelfth Night (Lantern); “man” in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1812); and Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden). In 2005, Lawton received grants from the Independence Foundation and Philadelphia Theatre Initiative to write and develop The Foocy, which garnered five Barrymore nominations in 2005 (including Best New Play), and which was remounted this year at Delaware Theatre Company. Film: Unbreakable, Invincible; TV: Hack, Cold Case. The Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of The Devil and Billy Markham, The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters.

MARY MARTELLO (Mrs. Peachum) started performing at seven and has continued through four kids and 50 years. She trained at BoarsHead Theatre in Michigan, doing everything from Shakespeare and musical comedy to original plays and musicals: in Virginia at Barksdale Dinner Theatre, Theatre IV and Virginia Museum Theatre; in New York at Light Opera of Manhattan, the Public Theatre and a variety of off-off Broadway; in New Jersey at Foundation Theatre, Passage Theatre, Theatre Intime and seven seasons at McCarter Theatre. In Philadelphia she found a creative home and has had the privilege of working at the Arden, Azuka, Interact, Lantern, People’s Light and Theatre, the Prince, the Walnut, the Wilma and 1812.

SEBASTIAN NASKARIS (Ned) Film and TV credits include Ramblin’ Round, Six Degrees, and Criminal Minds. Theater Credits include MacBeth Lincoln Center Meet the Artists series. He is a proud graduate of The Maggie Flanigan Studio. No Farms No Food.

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Who’s WhoBI JEAN NGO (Walt/Nelly) is ecstatic to be back at the Arden. Last year, she appeared in 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 & 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 remind her to keep it real.

CLARE ANN O’MALLEY (Dolly) is honored to be making her Philadelphia professional debut with Arden Theatre Company. Clare graduated from the University of the Arts in May. Recent credits include: The Blue Monster (world premiere), Othello (Desdemona), The Fantasticks (Luisa), Bat Boy: The Musical (Meredith), The Cradle Will Rock (Moll), Realm of the Unreal (world premiere), The Dining Room and TinTypes. Love to everyone, on both sides of the Atlantic.

KEN ROBINSON (Smith/Reverend Kimball) was born and raised in Oakland, California. His regional credits include Big River at STAGES St. Louis; Ain’t Misbehavin’ directed by Kent Gash; the new musical revue Soul of Rodgers at Reprise Theatre Company; Five Guys Named Moe at Casa Mañana Theatre; the Sondheim revue Being Alive! directed by Billy Porter and tick, tick … BOOM! directed by Scott Schwartz both at Westport Country Playhouse; Jelly’s Last Jam and A Christmas Carol at Alliance Theatre. Ken has an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and a BA in Economics from Morehouse College. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

AMANDA SCHOONOVER (Betty/Beggar) is a two time Barrymore Award recipient and a 2010 F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist finalist. She is delighted to be returning to the Arden! Amanda has worked with many area theaters including Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre, Bristol Riverside and the Lantern. Favorite roles include Lucy in Mr. Marmalade, Dottie in Killer Joe and Moll in Kid Simple. She can be seen next in Jacqueline Goldfinger’s the terrible girls with Azuka and Saturn Returns with Exile directed by Brenna Geffers. Many thanks to Terry Nolen for this amazing opportunity!

RACHEL WALLACE (Jenny) is thrilled to be making her Arden debut in The Threepenny Opera. A recent graduate of UNCSA, favorite school credits include “Dot” Sunday in the Park with George and “Anita” in the 50th Anniversary production of West Side Story, directed by Gerald Freedman, conducted by John Maucerri. Rachel has sung at the US Embassy in Vienna, conducted by John Maucerri. Since moving to NYC, just over a year ago, Rachel originated the role of “Solver girl” in Micheal Friedman and Itamar Moses’ Fortress of Solitude (CTG w/s). “Phillipa” in Babette’s Feast (Threads Theater). Beautiful Girls and SONDHEIM: A Birthday Celebration with Lonny Price, Paul Gemignani (Lincoln Center). Love to M, D, H, E & S.

KURT WEILL (Music) (1900-1950) began his career in the early 1920’s, after a musical childhood and several years of study in Berlin. By the time his first opera, The Protagonist, was performed in April 1926, he was an established young German composer and married to actress Lotte Lenya. His works include: the Violin Concerto (1925), The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht, 1928), Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Brecht, 1930), The Pledge (Caspar Neher, 1932), The Seven Deadly Sins (Brecht, 1933), Lady in the Dark (Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin, 1941), Street Scene (Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, 1947), and Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, 1949).

BERTOLT BRECHT (Adaptation and Lyrics) (1898-1956) was born in Augsburg, Germany and was one of the country’s most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. He fled Germany in 1933 to emigrate to the United States and returned to Europe in 1947. Brecht settled in East Germany where he founded the famous “Berliner Ensemble.” His most famous work

was the The Threepenny Opera (with Kurt Weill, 1928). Other works include: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (with Kurt Weill, 1930), Mother Courage and Her Children (1941), The Good Person of Szechwan (1943), The Life of Galileo (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948).

JEREMY SAMS (Translator) is a director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist. Directing credits include a revival of Michael Frayn’s farce Noises Off, for London’s Royal National Theatre and on Broadway. In 2002, Sams translated Amour, from the original French libretto for a 2002 Broadway production. Other translations include: The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, and The Ring Cycle for ENO; The Merry Widow for Covent Garden; Les Parents terribles, The Miser and Mary Stuart for the Royal National Theatre; and The Threepenny Opera for the Donmar Warehouse.

ROBERT DAVID MACDONALD (Translator) (1929 - 2004), was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director. MacDonald worked as a translator for UNESCO and became assistant director at Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. He was also Co-Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. He translated over 70 plays and operas including The Threepenny Opera, Tamerlano, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Barber of Seville, Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Cocteau’s Orpheus and The Human Voice, Chekhov’s The Seagull, Verne’s Around the World In Eighty Days, Wedekind’s Lulu and Gœthe’s Clavigo.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is Producing Artistic Director and 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.

TOM GLEESON (Scenic Designer) is pleased to be returning to the Arden Theatre. Last season Tom designed the Arden’s production of Peter Pan. Arden Theatre Company is sponsoring Tom for the Princess Grace Award for 2010. Previous work includes: The Little Prince (BRT, coming ’11), Richard II (CSC,), Substitution (Playwrights Realm), Red Haired Thomas (Soho Think Tank), 100 Aspects of the Moon (Clubbed Thumb), Mayhem (SPF), FILM: Asst. Art Director, Sex and the City II (Warner Brothers). Production Designer, Resolve (Singularity Films); Production Designer, The Hollow Tree, (Cyprus Productions; Winner: Best Production Design/ Art Direction; First Run Film Festival, NYC.) Production Designer IFP 2007 and 2008 Independent Film Week. Tom has worked with companies such as MTVN, Lord and Taylor, HBO, ABC, MKG and The World Wildlife Fund. www.tomgleesondesign.com. MFA from NYU.

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing The Threepenny Opera for the Arden. Previous Arden designs include Sunday in the Park with George (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 is designing for are The Peoples Light and Theatre Company, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, New Paradise Laboratory, and Interact Theatre Company. Rosemarie is also an Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art and Design.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) For the Arden: Romeo and Juliet, Blue Door, My Name Is Asher Lev. In the area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include: Theatre

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Who’s Who

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J, Two River Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theater, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep, among others. Six-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Thom is artistic director of Flashpoint Theatre Company, member of PNPI and Wingspace Design Group. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound and Video Designer) worked on over 40 shows here at the Arden, designing sound and occasionally creating video as well. Highlights include Sunday in the Park with George, The History Boys, Something Intangible, Assassins and Opus. Jorge also designs sets and composes music for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions, Theatre Exile and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/ installation group.

ERIC EBBENGA (Musical Director) is thrilled to return to the Arden after the recent run of Sunday in the Park with George (Barrymore nomination). Other Arden productions include Candide; Assassins (Barrymore Award); Caroline, or Change (Barrymore nomination); Sweeney Todd (Barrymore nomination) and Pacific Overtures. Other recent shows include The Light in the Piazza, Grey Gardens (PTC, Barrymore nominations), Cherry Bomb!, (1812), and See What I Wanna See (UArts). Eric is also on the musical theatre faculty at University of the Arts. Love to Monica, Caitlyn and Carley.

SARAH OLLOVE (Dramaturg) is excited to be back at the Arden following her work on Sunday in the Park with George, The Seafarer, The History Boys, and Peter Pan. Sarah is a local freelance dramaturg who holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the ART/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. In addition to her work at the Arden, she has enjoyed working with the ART in Cambridge, Signature Theatre in New York, and the Philadelphia Theatre Company among others. Thanks to Terry and the Arden staff for another wonderful experience.

JOHN BELLOMO (Fight Director) is a Philadelphia based Director/Fight Director, directing productions of Shakespeare for Teatro Delle Due in Reggio Emilia, Italy and The Maryland Shakespeare Festival. John has choreographed violence for many of Philadelphia’s theatre companies and is a four time Barrymore nominee for his fight choreography. John eared a B.F.A. from The University of the Arts, an M.F.A. from Temple University and is a graduate of The International School for the Comic Actor in Italy.

JOHN DAVID FLAK (Stage Manager) is excited to be back working with the Arden. John has been an Actors’ Equity stage manager for over 19 years in Louisville, Chicago and Philadelphia. The theaters he has worked at include Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company and the Broadway Tour of Ragtime. Some of John’s favorite Arden productions have been A Year with Frog and Toad, Sweeney Todd and Caroline, or Change. In addition, John is a photographer and artist whose work has been published in American Theatre Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine and all major newspapers in Chicago and Philadelphia. He is the proud father of two little girls: Dylan Lorraine and Harper Isabel.

MALIKA OYETIMEIN (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be returning to The Arden! Ms. Oyetimein is a Director in the Tri-State area. Her most recent credits include: Director in the Philadelphia Urban Theatre Festival (Roost), Assistant Director on the Arden’s production of Blue Door, Delaware Theatre Company (The Piano Lesson), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (A View from the Bridge), and Contemporary Stage Company (The Island, Exits and Entrances). She would like to thank her friends and family for their constant love and support!

MATHEW WRIGHT (Assistant Musical Director) holds a BA in Theatre and French from Rutgers and a recent MFA in Directing from Temple (The Madness of Lady Bright, A Doll’s House, RENT). 2007 Barrymore Award winner for musical direction with Aaron Cromie (The Fantasticks). Other work: Scapin at Lantern, Words

and Music and Marat/Sade with Egopo. Assisted Billy Porter on Twilight in Manchego (2008 NY Musical Theatre Festival). Upcoming: Artaud Unbound (EgoPo), [title of show] (Mauckingbird), and Erik Ransom in Concert at L’Etage.

CHERIE B. TAY (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to work at the Arden with such an amazing cast, crew, and staff! Cherie recently completed her stage management apprenticeship at the Walnut St. Theatre. Thanks to God; Mom, Dad, and Cristal for your support; to Frank, Margie, and Anna for your guidance and knowledge; and to all my friends for the laughs. Broadway: August: Osage County, London: Shakespeares Globe, Royal National Theatre, Philadelphia: Walnut St. Theatre, Act II Playhouse, Kimmel Center. Thanks, Flak!

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

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers of all time. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign language-interpreted, captioned and audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 52 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank:East End SalonMichael CristaldiPhiladelphia Theatre CompanyClayton TejadaThe Wilma Theater

A special thanks to Ted Newbold and Helen Cunningham for generously opening their home to our artist.

Who’s Who

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

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

Penn Virginia CorporationPhiladelphia FoundationPNC FoundationQuaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSaint-Gobain Corporation FoundationSap America, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation United WayThe Vanguard Group FoundationWachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program William Penn Foundation

Make a donation through your workplace United Way program.

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

Corporate, Foundation & Government Support

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$100,000 & aboveHamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development The Pew Charitable TrustsPhiladelphia Cultural Leadership ProgramPhiladelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of The Pew Center for Arts & HeritageThe Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation

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

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

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

$2,500 to $7,499The 1976 FoundationThe Addis GroupArronson FoundationBarra Foundation Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck FoundationCaroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust IICharlotte Cushman FoundationCivic FoundationDolfinger-McMahon Foundation Eagles Youth Partnership+Ethel Sergant Clark Smith Memorial FundAnne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter Family FoundationGlenmede, investment and wealth managementGreater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation The Haley Foundation The Hassel FoundationHatboro Beverages+IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs+Karr Barth Associates, Inc. Paul E. Kelly FoundationLiberty Property TrustMain Line HealthRosenlund Family Foundation SEI Wealth ManagementSusquehanna Bank The Victory FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

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

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

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

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 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 Tony Braithwaite+Almut BreazealeBernard Brewstein & Ellen RosenthalDeDe & Tony BrownNancy BurdLaurada ByersChip CapelliChristina Clay MD Priscilla & John ClementJeffrey Coon+Joy De Jesús & Jamie ReynoldsRobert M. DeverBen Dibble+Tobey & Mark DichterMichael A. Donato & Peter R. SonzogniDeirdre DoonerMarie & Peter DoonerDeb Dorsey & Mike GreenShafiq EbrahimJames R. Fairburn & David A. WickardStephen FalchekJeanne FisherOliver M. FordSandi Foxx-JonesRichard Frey+David & Christina Fryman*Lou & Rhoda Fryman Terry GraboyesMarcy Gringlas & Joel GreenbergGlenn Gundersen & Susan ManixChara & John C. HaasMr. & Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon & Lynn Martin HaskinJane & Steve HeumannSusan Jacobson & Michael Golden*Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol Kelley

Caroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney & Dr. Dorothy NovickHolly KinserKenneth & Eve KlothenJoseph Kluger & Susan LewisBill & Beth LandmanWinnie & Eric LienWilliam A. LoebRichard Maimon & Susan SegalLarry & Mickey MagidLewis R. & Sue Ann MarburgGloria & Dan MarianoJean S. MarkovitzBarbara & Don MathesonKirsten & James McCoyJohn & Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel & George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasEllen & Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy & Terrence J. NolenRon & Suzanne NaplesMichael Norris & Matt VarratoDiane PalmerThomas Petro & Kristine MessnerDr. & Mrs. Joel PorterAaron Posner & Erin WeaverAnn & Frank Reed, through the Malfer 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 AnniversaryWe 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 & Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr.Stan & Lisa AltmanDaniel R. Blickman*Ruth E. BrownCarol CaswellBarbara R. CobbJim & Pat Lockhart CulbertsonShannon & Edward FarmerMr. & Mrs. Richard & Rita GoldbergClara & Jorge LaBrakeKaren & Mark HiteEdith KlausnerMike & Helene LoebDonald J. Martin & Richard RepettoLaura Offutt & Steve FukuchiWhitney Quesenbery & John ChesterPaul Rabe & Cheryl GunterFranklyn & Cintra RodgersMarilyn Sanborne & Richard Labowskie*Ellen Schwartz & Jeremy SiegelKaren & Jon SirlinMarilyn & Dean R. StaatsCorinne StahlHarold & Emily StarrMs. Dorothy S TomassiniDr. & Mrs. Stephen G. VassoMichael Zuckerman & Jan Levine

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

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

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

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

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

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

AnonymousJames and Suzanne HillMarilyn and Dean R. Staats

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

Thank You to our Supporters

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

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

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

New plays created

Audacious musicals come alive

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited

Your GiftMakes It Happen

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

• Philadelphia artists supported

• Educating future theatre-goers

• Dedication to the community

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters$75-$124 continuedMark & Rene FeitelsonAllan FellnerMalcolm & Martha FickJohn FischerCurt FoxworthMs. Judy FrankDrs. Barbara & Len FrankMr. & Mrs. Kenneth FrankMr. Allan P. FreedmanHelene & Michael FreidmanPaula FreilichPaula FuchsbergWendi FurmanSusan GasteyerGenerocity Community AllianceJohn GeronimoDavid GlanceyCarrie Glasby & Kathleen KarhnakMs. Joan GmitterJoan & Marvin GoldbergPaul GoldenbergVirginia GormleyLeonard GreenePriscilla GrosickNancy & Richard GroveSusan & Adam GuttentagCyndi HaasJudge Marvin R. & Mrs. Marcia O. HalbertOna & Stephen HamiltonLinda Fowler HartnettGail HauptfuhrerDouglas & Harriet HeathRuth HerdBill Herman & Laurie NavinSusan W HerronHeidi HertfelderTom & Wendy HibberdDaniel & Monica HilfertyDr. David HoltzPatricia & David HoltzArnold & Esther HornGlenna HulsLynda & Paul HummerPeter & Barbara HutcheonAram & Jackie JerrehianDonald & Lorraine JonesValerie M. Jones AssociatesPatricia & Paul KalataDonald & Mary KaneAlex & Joanne KarrasScott & Margie KasnerRobert & Ellen KavashToni & Herb KestenbaumCynthia KillionJohn & Cheryl KirbyBrian & Carin KirschnerKen & Eva KleinRobert KleinMarlena & Lazar KleitSteven KnepperHarold KobbBernadette KollerJames KronzerStephen & Helene KunkelPeter & Peshe KuriloffAnne B. LadensonDavid LadovAileen LangeJohn & Joanne LawsonRobert LazarAlan & Susan LevinKaren Lewis

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

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

* Denotes gift made through the United Way+ Denotes gift of goods or services^ Includes matching giftThis list acknowledges donors as of Sept 10, 2010. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Bobby Bangert at 215.922.8900 x46 or bbangert@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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Board and Committee Members

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacqueline Real, Alison Roberts, Anneliese Van Arsdale

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

Elisabeth Kersey, Monica Obaga, Fred Ott

ProductionProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ........................................................................................................................................... Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ................................................................................................................. Jessica Day WestAssistant Technical Director ......................................................................................................................... Will LambrakosMaster Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor ....................................................................................................................................... Alison RobertsProperties Master ...................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwenCharge Scenic Artist ................................................................................................................................. Kristina ChadwickProduction Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr.Production Stage Managers ......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. HanleyAssistant Lighting Designer ............................................................................................................................. Marielle EatonAssistant Video Designer ............................................................................................................................... Janelle KaufmanTango Consultant ......................................................................................................................................... Deirdre FinneganAudio Engineer ............................................................................................................................................... Zachary BrownStitchers ....................................................................... Lorraine Anderson, Meghan Diehl, Karla Irwin, Thomas SirkotCostume Interns ............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina YeccoElectricians ................................................................................. Dominic Chacon, Marielle Eaton, Georgia SchlessmanVideo Operator ................................................................................................................................................. Kristen SorekFollowspot Operators .................................................................................................Ashley Esterline, Meredith SonnenDeck Crew .........................................................................................................................Thomas Chionacky, Kate SabatoPainter .................................................................................................................................................................... Kate Sabato

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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.

The Music Of THE THREEPENNY OPERA –Matthew Decker, Associate Producer

The Threepenny Opera’s score has been hailed as a milestone of 20th century musical theatre. When composing, it was a goal of Kurt Weill’s to create a musical that transformed the saccharine, old-fashioned opera form and incorporated a sharp political perspective with the sound of the 1920’s Berlin dance bands and cabaret.

Weill’s score, with its spiky rhythms and biting harmonies, was a revelation to musical theatre, and its influence has been seen in such musicals as Cabaret, Chicago and Urinetown. Perhaps its most famous legacy is “The Flick Knife Song (The Ballad of Mack the Knife)”, which is one of the most covered songs in the jazz repertoire.

“The Ballad of Mack the Knife” was added to the score at the eleventh hour after the actor playing MacHeath in the original production vainly demanded there should be a song to build up his first appearance. Brecht and Weill wrote the lyrics and music practically overnight, and then promptly assigned the song to be sung by the Street Singer, not MacHeath!

When writing the score, Weill spent time pondering what function the music would have within Brecht’s script. In a letter written to the journal Anbruch in

1929, he said “I had a realistic plot, so I had to set the music against it, since I do not consider music capable of realistic effects. Hence the action was

either interrupted, in order to introduce music, or it was deliberately driven to a point where there was no alternative but to sing.”

This is different from most musicals, in which the music advances the plot, and navigating through that unique challenge requires

bold, fearless performers. Eric Ebbenga, The Threepenny Opera’s musical director, shared insight about working with actors on

such a complex piece.

“This score places challenging demands on its actors. Though it has operatic qualities, it feels to me more

like a play with music. The music is more about stopping the action and making a point with the

songs. [When singing], the actors aren’t always in character.”

Ebbenga adds, “To perform Weill’s score, you have to have faith in the music and the lyric. We’re encouraging the actor to serve as a vessel for the music. They must be straightforward and simple – not just perform the song, but live it.”

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Enroll your favorite kid or teen in theatre classes!

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TREASURE TRUNK: Fairy Tales

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TREASURE TRUNK: Fairy Tales

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GHOST~WRITERA new play by Michael Hollinger

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DON’T MISS the show The Philadelphia Inquirer says “Starts off the Arden season with a quiet bang. This engrossing, old-fashioned play is about the drama of writing - and typing - and creativity and love. People who care about semicolons (and you know who you are), this show is for you…[An] extraordinary marriage between fiction and theater.”

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

Directed by Matt Pfeiffer

Two lost souls catch a glimpse of happiness in the moonlight. The newly lit fire within them seems strong enough to withstand a lifetime of disappointment and regret, but will it still be flickering when the cold dawn breaks? One of America’s master storytellers at the height of his powers, O’Neill creates a mythic tale of old sins and the redemptive power of love. This companion piece to A Long Day’s Journey into Night was O’Neill’s final play.

SUPERIOR DONUTS Mar 3 - Apr 3By Tracy Letts

Directed by Edward Sobel

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

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

Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel CenterProduced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

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

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

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TICKETS: 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org