ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
By Conor McPherson Directed by David O’Connor
Arden Theatre Company presents
THE SEAFARER By CONOR McPHERSON Scenic Designer DAVID P. GORDON
Costume Designer ALISON ROBERTS
Lighting Designer JOHN STEPHEN HOEY
Sound Designer JEFF LORENZ
Assistant Director/Dramaturg SARAH OLLOVE
Stage Manager KATHARINE M. HANLEY*
Directed by DAVID O’CONNOR May 14 - June 14, 2009
Honorary Producers FRED AND EMILY ANTON
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. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company’s new play development.
THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., in New York.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.
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photo by John Flak
WELCOME FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to The Seafarer, the final production of our 2008/09 season. Conor McPherson is one of the great playwrights of our time – a magnificent writer who has a great love of language and a keen understanding of the challenges inherent in being human. And he knows how to tell a wicked good story. We produced Conor McPherson's The Weir in 2000 and are thrilled to return to his work. We are immersed in plans for next season. We are holding auditions and hiring designers and finalizing the budget and trying to guess what this world will look like over the next twelve months.
Terrence J. Nolen This summer, we will embark on our most significant renovation since we opened the F. Otto Haas Stage in 1998 – replacing this building's roof. No one knows exactly how old the existing roof is, but it's been clear for several years now that this wonderful old building needs a very new roof. This building has been good to us. Since we moved here in 1995, we estimate that over 1.1 million people have attended an Arden production (with over 110,000 this season alone). This building will be our home for many years to come, and we are taking steps to ensure that it is properly protected. We continue to develop the new plays we have already commissioned: a new musical about the 17th century Dutch tulip bulb craze by Michael Hollinger and Michael Ogborn; a play for Arden Children's Theatre by Jordan Harrison based on a Hans Christian Anderson story; and a play by Rogelio Martinez about the disappearance of bees. We will also commission a new writer to create a new play for us. Commissioning a play is our way of planting seeds. Our first commission to receive a full production was My Name Is Asher Lev by Aaron Posner. Asher Lev was a tremendous success for us this past winter, and I expect there will be dozens of productions of this play at theatres across the country over the next few years. That seed bore great fruit indeed. In these challenging times, I take pride in the fact that we are continuing to invest in the future of this company. When you return in the fall, we will have a new roof over our heads and we will have commissioned a new play. My thanks to the Arden board and to our donors for their investment in this company's growth (and to our Facilities Committee and our General Manager Jenn Peck for getting to know everything there is to know about putting a new roof on a 19th century building). And my thanks to you for being part of the Arden community. Thank you for joining us for Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. I look forward to welcoming you back in the fall.
Terry
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CAST
Nicky Giblin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Hickey* Ivan Curry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Lawton* Richard Harkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Russell* Mr. Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Wood* James “Sharky” Harkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Zielinski *
A house in North Dublin Act One - Christmas Eve morning and late afternoon Act Two - Late Christmas Eve night
UNDERSTUDIES Adam Altman, Ted Ford, Ben Kendall, Edmund Sabato, Richard Sonne
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
He knows not, Who lives most easily on land, how I Have spent my winter on the ice-cold sea, Wretched and anxious, in the paths of exile, Lacking dear friends, hung round by icicles, While hail flew past in showers.
David O’Connor
- from “The Seafarer,” c. 795 CE, author unknown, translated by Richard Hamer
“The Seafarer” is named after a millennia old Anglo-Saxon poem where a dying man recounts his life in exile on the sea. He speaks of absolute aloneness, with only the howling wind and crashing waves and cries of birds to keep him company. He is cold, unloved, forgotten. It is hard for me to imagine that kind of alone. Even as I write this, locked in my house, there are children's voices outside, cars passing and my dog lying next to me. I could turn on the radio, click over to write and read emails, or reach into my pocket and pull out my cell phone. I am steps away from hundreds of stories and articles, little slices of human experience that I could lose myself in. Every time I begin to feel alone, I think a certain terror comes over me, but I easily reach out and make some sort of connection. But here is a situation where I feel very alone: It could be a party, music, drinks, and people. But I am unable to make a connection with someone there. It would be rude of me to check my messages, so I sit there and put on a smile. But, I feel alone. That kind of alone is even worse, because it is sort of hopeless. I am watching life happen, but am not part of it. The struggle for the characters in this play is to combat the feeling of aloneness. Richard has recently gone blind. He is alone in a new way now, and does everything he can to fight it. Mostly, he drinks. His brother Sharky has come home to take care of him. But the love is broken between these brothers, and even though they are together, we get the feeling that they are both still very alone. In the presence of people who love us, we are never alone. With friends and family who we care for and understand us, our lives take on greater meaning and there is less fear. Is that why Christmas falls when it does? So that at the darkest, coldest time of year, we will be with our families and friends, and not alone? I wonder if the opposite of alone is love. I hope you enjoy The Seafarer.
David O'Connor
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Fred and Emily Anton
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Frederick W. Anton, III is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, an organization that is proud to be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Mr. Anton has been a supporter of the Arden since 1990 when the Arden created St. Stephen's Alley at 10th and Ludlow Streets, next door to PMA's headquarters in the former Federal Reserve Bank Building at 925 Chestnut Street. During that time, he founded and hosted the Arden's Leadership Night, an annual advocacy event that introduced leaders of this region to the Arden's plays and programming. These Leadership events play a key role in broadening the Arden's base of supporters. Many Arden Board members and supporters – including former Board President Lee van de Velde – were first introduced to the Arden through these events. During those St. Stephen's Alley years, Mr. Anton and PMA generously donated use of a building on Ludlow Street that served as the Arden's rehearsal space and set and costume shops. In addition, Mr. Anton played a leadership role in the Arden's move to our current facility in Old City. Mr. Anton acknowledges the role F. Otto Haas-the man for whom our mainstage theatre is named – played in his life and career. “Otto was my mentor. He was Chairman of the Board of PMA when I first became President. Otto and I worked together on political action for the betterment of Pennsylvania. We also shared a mutual interest in the arts – first with the Walnut Street Theatre and then for the Arden Theatre Company.” Fred and Emily Anton are enthusiastic supporters of the Arden and served as the Honorary Producers of Michael Hollinger's An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf as part of our 20th Anniversary season. Mr. Anton has been an avid fan of Michael Hollinger's plays since we first premiered his work at St. Stephen's Alley. They are proud to serve as Honorary Producers for this Philadelphia premiere of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. “This is a great play,” says Mr. Anton,“and Emily and I are excited to help share it with audiences of this region.” We thank Fred and Emily Anton for their ongoing extraordinary support of the Arden and for their great passion for plays that, as stated in the Arden's mission,“arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire,” and we congratulate Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association on its landmark centennial celebration.
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WHO’S WHO JOE HICKEY (Nicky Giblin) Arden premiere. Last seen in Philly as Kenneth Tynan in Orson’s Shadow (PTC). Off-Broadway: Mint Theater in Fifth Column. Regionally: Caroline, or Change, Three Sisters (Baltimore Centerstage), Doubt (Virginia Stage Company), Intimate Apparel (Actors Theater of Louisville/Cleveland Play House), Stones In His Pockets (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Death of A Salesman (GEVA Theatre Center ), Boy Gets Girl (Seattle Repertory Theatre). TV: John Adams (HBO), Law and Order (NBC), Gossip Girl (WB). As the World Turns, All My Children. Joe would like to thank Justin and Niall for the “Dub” help and his wife Andrea for everything else. ANTHONY LAWTON (Ivan Curry) has been acting in Philadelphia for 16 years. Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut St. Theater), Gideon in Playland (Wilma Theater), and Coleman in The Lonesome West (Lantern Theater). This is Lawton’s third show with director David O’Connor, and his eleventh show at the Arden. His original play, The Foocy, garnered five Barrymore nominations, including Best New Play, and will be remounted next year at the Delaware Theatre Company. BRIAN RUSSELL (Richard Harkin) Broadway: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial; The Farnsworth Invention. National Tour: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Graduate, On Golden Pond. Many regional theatres including Delaware Theatre Company, George St. Playhouse, Syracuse Stage. TV: 30 Rock, Rescue Me, Law & Order. Film: Paper Man, Handsome Harry, Tenderness. Many national commercials: Charles Schwab, US Post Office, USGA. Brian lives in New York City with his wife Dara and daughter Vivian. GREG WOOD (Mr. Lockhart) It’s always great to be home! At the Arden, Our Town, Wittenberg, Opus and others. Recent credits include: Born Yesterday at the Walnut St. Theatre, Rounding Third at Cape May Stage, and Cyrano de Bergerac at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Film and
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Television credits include: The Sixth Sense, The Happening, Signs, The Lovely Bones, A Gentleman’s Game, Law & Order, Ed, Hack, and Homicide. WILLIAM ZIELINSKI (James “Sharky” Harkin) was last seen at the Arden in Winesburg, Ohio. Regional Theatre includes: Bug (Theatre Exile), Arsenic and Old Lace (Baltimore Centerstage), To Kill a Mockingbird (Virginia Stage Company), Trumbo (National Tour), Lost In Yonkers (Walnut Street Theatre), and Outrage (The Wilma Theatre). Bill is a five-time Barrymore nominee, and was a member of the Barrymore winning ensembles for Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Exile), The Comedy Of Errors (Lantern Theatre), and The Laramie Project (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Film and TV: The Wire, Hack, Shot in the Heart, Buddy Gilbert Comes Alive and The Lovely Bones. He now lives in Amsterdam with his girlfriend Sara and baby boy Will. DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) has designed over 250 productions for theatre and opera, 21 of them at the Arden. In Philadelphia, his work has also been seen at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Walnut St. Theatre, and many others. Other recent credits include designs in NY for The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Co., and Lincoln Center, as well as regionally for Long Wharf, Williamstown, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Huntington, McCarter, LA Opera, Kennedy Center, Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Berkshire and Sarasota Operas. He has received three Barrymore Awards and 10 nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design, as well as IRNE and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations, and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award. David is a professor of Set Design at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Design) is in her ninth season as Arden’s Costume Supervisor. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University and an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Illinois State University. In addition to her staff position, she has designed costumes for numerous Arden productions. This season she designed Gee’s Bend and My Name Is Asher Lev. She has worked as a freelance artist for companies including Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions and Jeanne Ruddy Dance.
WHO’S WHO JOHN STEPHEN HOEY (Lighting Designer) In Philadelphia: the Arden, Wilma, People’s Light, Act II Playhouse, 1812 Productions, and Walnut Street theatres, the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Ballet. In New York: New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, and lighting design for the movie “Center Stage”. Nationally: Luciano Pavarotti, Spoletto Festival, Pittsburgh Opera, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville and Virginia Opera. Recently: an Independence Fellowship Grant and named to Temple University‘s Theater Department. JEFF LORENZ (Sound Designer) Nominations include 2005 Drama Desk Award (The Flying Machine’s Frankenstein at SoHo Rep), 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Award (Vampire Cowboys), 2007 & 2008 Montreal English Critics’ Circle Award (SaBooge’s Every Day Above Ground and Speak Easy); co-recipient of Best Production 2005 at Dublin Fringe Festival & a Production/Technical Achievement Citation from Talkin’ Broadway for SaBooge’s Fathom. He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays theremin for NYC’s The Pizzas. CONOR McPHERSON (Playwright) Plays include The Seafarer (Broadway premiere 2007), Poor Beast in the Rain, Port Authority, Dublin Carol (Broadway premiere 2002), The Weir (Broadway premiere 1999), St. Nicholas and This Lime Tree Bower. His plays have been performed across the U.S., as well as in Ireland, England, Germany, France, Australia, Poland, Italy, Japan, Argentina and Uruguay. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006 for Shining City (Broadway premiere 2006); nominated for the 2002 South Bank Show Award for Best Play for Port Authority; received the 1999 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play, the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright, the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and was a finalist for the Lloyds Bank Playwright of the Year Award for The Weir; and was the joint winner of 1997 George Devine Award and the winner of the Meyer Whitworth Award for Saint Nicholas. Mr. McPherson’s screenplays include Our Lady of the Forest, Brothers, The Actors, Saltwater (The International Confederation of Art Cinemas Prize), Endgame, I Went Down (Best Screenplay, San Sebastian 1997, selected at Cannes Festival, Edinburgh Festival and Sundance Festival) and MacIntyre.
DAVID O’CONNOR (Director) is a Barrymore nominated director and lighting designer, originally from South Eastern Connecticut, but now calls Philly home. David earned his MFA in Directing from Temple University, which brought him to Philadelphia and to the Lantern Theater, where he directed “Master Harold” ... and the boys, The Lonesome West, and The Government Inspector, and designed lights for Novacento, QED, Skylight and Sizwe Banzi is Dead. David also works extensively with solo artist Sara Felder, Hedgerow Theatre, Philly Fringe, Philadelphia Young Playwrights and is an adjunct at Temple University. David is married to Karyn Lyman, Managing Director of Lantern Theater, and they are expecting a son any second now. Thanks to Terry and the amazing team at the Arden. SARAH OLLOVE (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is excited to be working at the Arden for the first time. She is a dramaturg and occasional director and has enjoyed working with such theatres as the ART, Signature Theatre in New York, the Moscow Art Theatre, and the Lantern here in Philadelphia. She holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the ART Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. KATHARINE M. HANLEY (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning for the closing show of the season after opening it with Candide. Many thanks to the fabulous Arden Staff and much love to Brian, Clara, and Jorge. TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is the Producting 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, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 19 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife, Sweeney Todd, Opus, Winesburg, Ohio and Assassins. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York City and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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WHO’S WHO 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 six 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, and 44 awards and 211 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. 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
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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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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
I’m writing this article at the end of April. We opened our 30th world-premiere play, Something Intangible, last week. Almost immediately, rehearsals for The Seafarer began and we shifted from Hollywood, California to Balydoyle, Ireland. In fact, as I listen right now to Bill Zielinski and Brian Russell’s rehearsing The Seafarer, I ponder the journeys we make. I can’t believe it’s been almost nine months since the odyssey that was Candide. As I muse about the breadth of our travels, I wanted to share with you some of the real people and places we’re visiting as we search for the most compelling stories to bring to you on our stages. Much is happening in the world of new play development. Next week, Terry Nolen (our producing artistic director) and I will go to Primary Stages in New York City for a reading of Rogelio Martinez‘s new play Symbiotic Love. Primary Stages is the off-Broadway theatre in New York City that produced Michael Hollinger’s Opus after its world premiere at the Arden. Michael’s play was about a string quartet; Rogelio’s play is about the mysterious disappearance of bees. It’s interesting that Rogelio, a Cuban-born American, would be captivated by bees. Evidently he’s also interested in outer space (talk about great journeys!) One of his other new plays is called When Tang Met Laika and it’s about the International Space Station. It’s being produced in January 2010 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Terry met Rogelio last summer at the Perry Mansfield New Works Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. So it took a trip out West to meet a Cuban playwright to find an interesting story about bees disappearing in Pennsylvania. Hmmm. After we find great stories we have to find great actors. Next season’s production Blue Door by Tanya Barfield is already half cast. Granted, it is only a two-person show. But the actor who has joined the cast brings such strength and integrity and talent that I literally ran around the office cheering when I learned he’d accepted the role. Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. will play the successful mathematician stuck in a sleepless crisis of identity. More great news: Scott Greer’s on board for Romeo and Juliet (no, he’s not Romeo or Juliet.) Finally, I must share with you the great success of someone else with Arden ties. Jill Scott was an Arden Professional Apprentice in 1997. She’s gone on to international success as an R&B singer. Most recently, she stars as Precious Ramotswe in the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency based on the books by Alexander McCall Smith. So a Philly native is cast in a TV series set in Botswana based on books written by a Scottish professor. What a grand journey. Amy Dugas Brown Associate Artistic Director
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PLAYWRIGHT CONOR McPHERSON Conor McPherson has been hailed by the New York Times' Ben Brantley as,“quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation.” The London Telegraph took away that qualification, deeming him the “finest dramatist of his generation.” His work has been called “redemptive,”“lyrical,”“unsentimentally compassionate.” At the age of 38, thirteen of his plays have been produced, many of which have enjoyed successful runs on both Broadway and London's West End. He was nominated for a Tony for both The Seafarer and Shining City, and he won a Lawrence Olivier Award for Best New Play for The Weir. He's also a successful theatre and film director and screenwriter. McPherson grew up in a working-class area in Dublin, Ireland. He enrolled in the University College Dublin and majored in Philosophy and English, going on to receive a Masters in Philosophy. It was philosophy that taught him,“that what you have to accept is that you don't know anything, that you're ignorant, which is a very liberating place to be” (The Guardian). While at college, he discovered David Mamet. “The day I read Glengarry Glen Ross, that was it,” he said,“I knew exactly what I was going to do.” In 1992, he and a few friends founded the Fly By Night Theatre Company in Dublin, where he premiered his first plays.
Conor McPherson
William Zielinski, Michael Toner and Megan Bellwoar in Arden Theatre Company’s production of The Weir, 2000.
Anyone familiar with McPherson's work will not be surprised by his background in philosophy. He told the New York Times that “big questions,” interest him,“eternity, consciousness – they work well in the theater.” He has admitted that he is of the opinion that, "human beings are animals: 90% of our behavior is animal behavior, and we've just got this 10% veneer, the semblance of civilized, rational choice. Our thoughts are always trailing around after our appetites, justifying them with language: it's tragic and it's hilarious. That's the picture I put together in my plays: of the animals who can talk, and think because of that they know everything.” The seed for The Seafarer, says McPherson, is from Celtic folklore. “There's a myth in County Wicklow about the Hellfire Club,” he told the New York Times, “It's just a ruin now. But it was a place where the English aristocrat landlords would go and be debauched. The story is that they were playing poker one night when a stranger knocked and came in. Someone drops a card, and when he bends down to pick it up, he notices the stranger's cloven foot. At that, the stranger disappears. Just when the story's getting good, it stops.” McPherson reportedly wrote The Seafarer in eight months. He has admitted that his work comes from “the unconscious.” He describes his plays as,“coming from the body and your brain is catching up.” He confesses that inside him,“there's a nuclear reactor of anxiety constantly churning away, and the product is these plays that pop out every so often."
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SYLVAN SOCIETY MEMBERS 2008/09 Sassafras Grove ($10,000 and Above) Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, III Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by John Otto and Dr. Janet Haas Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation The Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts Foundation Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) Dorothy Delbueno Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B, recommended by Leonard C. Haas Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Peggy and Steve Morgan Charles Rose and Mindy Goldberg Rose Monica Horan and Philip Rosenthal Anonymous Terry and Amanda Foster Spahr, through the Betty and Wes Foster Family Foundation Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Mrs. Valla Amsterdam Sally and Michael Bailin Carol and Tom Beam Lois G. Brodsky Chip Capelli Anne M. Congdon Robert M. Dever Ann Diebold Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster Narinder and Patricia Garg Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Paul Kelly Josephine Klein Anonymous Lee and Christopher van de Velde Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore Ted and Stevie Wolf
Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499) Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland John Alchin Peggy Anderson Arden Professional Apprentice Class 15 Bethany Asplundh Jim and Janet Averill Sheryl and Allen Bar Giséle Sambar Bathish Ivy Bayard Sandy and Mickey Bernstein John Bitman Reggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’Neill Louis Bluver Jean G. Bodine Patty Bowman Tony Braithwaite+ Bernard Brewstein and Ellen Rosenthal DeDe and Tony Brown Thomas Burke and Rick Fountas Laurada Byers Jean Canfield* Priscilla and John F. Clement Jeffrey Coon+ John and Susan Coleman Joy De Jesús and Jamie Reynolds Ben Dibble+ Michael A. Donato and Peter R. Sonzogni Deb Dorsey and Mike Green Jaimie and David Field Jeanne Fisher* Oliver M. Ford Sandi Foxx-Jones Richard Frey+ David and Christina Fryman Lou and Rhoda Fryman Linda and David Glickstein Thomas Golabek Terry Graboyes Bonnie Graham Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg Chara and John C. Haas David and MaryJane Hackney Ronna F. and Robert Hall Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann Karen and Mark Hite Susan Jacobson and Michael Golden Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott and Carol Kelley Caroline Kemmerer Mr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy Novick Holly Kinser Kenneth and Eve Klothen
Bill and Beth Landman Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Larry and Barbara Magid Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Lewis R. and Sue Ann Marburg Gloria and Dan Mariano Jean S. Markovitz John J. McCawley* Andrea Mengel and George A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias J. Williams Mills III* Ann and George Morris Ellen and Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy Ron and Suzanne Naples Terrence J. Nolen Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Diane Palmer Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver Anonymous Ann and Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Phyllis and Martin Rosenthal Mike Salmanson and Tobi Zemsky Jane Scaccetti Julianna Schauerman Dolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan Schnall Hether, Don and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot David and Daria Spingler Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Keith and Jim Straw Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Marguerite V. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake Eileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin Tuzman Tom and Pat Vernon Sandy and Michael Wax Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin+ *Denotes a gift made through The United Way +Denotes a gift of goods or services
Arden for All is supported by a generous gift from
Virginia & Harvey Kimmel The Sylvan Society recognizes individuals who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. The exceptional generosity of these donors enables the Arden to tell great stories by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. Sylvan Society benefits bring members closer to our work and deepen their appreciation for the role they play in the Arden’s success. To join the Sylvan Society or for more information, please contact Manager of Individual Giving, Angela DuRoss, at 215.922.8900, ext. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.
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ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 $500 - $999 Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Peter and Lynne Berman Robert and Almut Breazeale Debbie and Alan Casnoff Carol Caswell James R. Fairburn and David A. Wickard Carole M. Foley* Edith Klausner Alan and Elaine Klawans Kenneth D. Kopple Jim and Pat Lockhart Culbertson Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Stephanie and Michael Naidoff Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Barbara and Don Parman Michael L and Judy Paul Dan Promislo Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Marilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie* Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Frank and Catherine Signorello Harold and Emily Starr Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Vasso Tom and Jackie Zemaitis $250-$499 Charles and Stephanie Andrews Alan and Sandy Ault Joann White and William Beckett Richard and Joan Behr Pat and Tom Bender Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Ruth E. Brown Bob Carfagno Mr. Joseph Casey Ruth Miller Cox Charles J. Coyle Daniel Devlin Sue and Robert Evans Anne Ewers Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-Brateman Shannon and Edward Farmer Charlotte and Mickey Feldman
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Ruth and Andre Ferber Dan Gannon Charles Gear Terry Gillen Susan Greene Douglas and Harriet Heath Bill Hendrickson Jim and Carolyn Hessinger Mr. Philip Kalodner Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman Patricia and Charles Kling Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Marilyn and David Kraut Mary Ellen Krober Ruth and Peter Laibson Barbara Patterson Lobb Frank and Sally Mallory Tina Manco Lynn and Joe Manko George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Mary and F. Laurence Pethick John and Pinkie Philbrick Helen Phillips Rhoda Polakoff Sherri and Abe Reich Eleanor Reinhardt Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Harold and Sharon Schwalm James Akerberg and Larry Simmons James L. Smith Drs. Richard and Rhonda Soricelli Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Robert and Sydney Stevens Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson Hella and Lew Volgenau Marlene Weinberg Fred and Arleen Weinstein Paul and Barbara Yeagle $125-$249 Howard Aaronson Jennifer and Brian Allebach and Family Janet and Roger Alwang Natalie Levkovich Joe and Susan Baltake Judith Barrett Robert Bauer and Sandy Clay Bauer Ron and Joyce Bayer Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Sheila Bell and Thomas Dodds Bikki Bevelhymer-Chiang Doris and Aaron Bitman Linda and Alden Blyth
Craig H. Boddorff* Tony Braithwaite Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Charles Brennan Robert J. Butera Barbara Carmine Caroline Castagno Wanna Be a Star Mary Chomitz Rhoda and Michael Coben Dr. W. Robert and Margaret Cook Carol Copland Robert and Frances Corlies Sandra and James Corry Zoe Coulson Marta Dabezies Daniel Dagle Angelina and Michael DeAngelis Rita and Grace Denbo Ellen Dipinto Larry and Pat Dixon Marie and Peter Dooner Linda V Ellsworth Paul and Adele Epstein William Ewing Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Ms. Joanne E. Fields Edwina Findley Deborah and Martin Fishbein Mr. Allan P. Freedman Ellen and David Freeman Paulette and Paul Freeman Buzz and Linda Gamble In memory of Bob Gallagher David K. Gifford Bob and Jan Goren Stephen Hamilton* Brian Hanna Mary C. Harbison Donald Hargreaves Susan Harries Barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Susan W Herron Mr. Frank Hollick Arnold and Esther Horn John Houle and Katherine Hayden Timothy and Carol Johnson David and Beth Medoway Kagan Lucy Kaufman Sheila Kessler Steven and Patricia King Bernadette Koller Joan Kremer and Jim Luther Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker Jeff Larsen
ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 John and Joanne Lawson Richard Lee Karen Lewis Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Karen Lisker Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Will and Sandy Lock Mike and Helene Loeb Ted and Ronnie Mann Ronnie and Larry Margel Mary Louise Martin Mr. and Mrs. James Matarese Patrick and Judith McCoyd Paul and Lee S Miller Alan and Susan Miller Martin and Sandra Miller Madeline Miller Daniel P. Monbourquette Ellen Monsees Keith and Liz Mosley Kathleen Moyer Jerome Napson Etta and Chuck Nissman Anonymous Brenda J. Oliphant Linda Osler Stanton and Bernice Oswald Sandra Packel Alice and Albert Packman Anonymous Mr. Richard Pariseau Ms. Sandra Paul John and Judith Peakes Bob and Leila Peck David and Sylvia Perelman John and Margaret Preg Joy Rickabaugh Fred Rizzo Graham and Betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de Velde George and Zara Roberts Francoise and Louis Rollmann Dulcie Romm Faye and Daniel Ross Alan Rothenberg Diane Rurode Ruth and Marvin Sachs Bonnie Schorske Jane Beechman and Steven Segal Ellen Schwartz Siegel Leslie E. Skilton Corinne Stahl John and Susan Stedman Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Ken Sugarman and Robin
Goldfaden in honor of Marshall Greenberg and Adelaide Sugarman Anonymous Elaine and Sal Tagliareni Bob and Tina Tate Lisa Truckess John Urofsky Emily and Charles Wagner Richard and Fenching Wainstein Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling Leslie and Ellen Welson Christine Winkelvoss Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Sam and Kuna Yankell Joseph and Renee Zuritsky $75-$124 Emily Aiken Ellen Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Rita Axelrod May and Ethan Ball Ron Baron Lisa Becker Michael and Rosalyn Bernstein Sydney and Doris Beshunsky Thomas H Blackburn Myron and Sharon Blumberg Hazel Bowers Frank Boyer Michael P. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle Beth Brooks and Bob Waterson David Brownlee Carol Buettger Karen Marston and Greg Buzan John and Lucille Byrne John T. Callari Howard Cell Leah Chaplin Jennifer Coffey John Condello Susan Cook James Crawford and Judith Dean Kimberly L. Crown* Carole Dichter In Honor of Marjorie Dickey Margaret Chew Dolan and Peter Maxwell Ellen and Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter Catherine Dougherty Angela DuRoss Lois S Durso
Sylvia Egnal Jane Eisner Lorraine Kilmer Paul and Judith Farber Mark and Rene Feitelson Malcolm and Martha Fick John Fischer Holly and Greg Flanagan Camille Focarino and Joseph Dimaio Mr. Raymond Ford Harriet Foreman Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Ms. Judy Frank Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank Dr. John and Elaine Frank Paula Freilich Joel Gardner and Holly Phelps Eileen and William Gemmell Stan Gibell Alvin Gilens David Glancey Peggy Glover Ms. Joan Gmitter Micki and Larry Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita Goldberg Dr. and Mrs. William Goldfarb Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Kelley A. Grady* Roseanne and David Grant Priscilla Grosick Carl and Helene Gumerman Jeanne and Murray Halfond Linda Fowler Hartnett Beverly Hayden Anonymous Grace Hershman Daniel and Monica Hilferty Isidore and Sharon Hofferman Kerry Huntsman Kathleen Jacobs Aram and Jackie Jerrehian Sarah C. Jordan Thomas Lloyd and Jane Kamp Ginny and Len Karabell Ira and Linda Katz Cynthia Killion Gregory Kleiber Robert Klein Arlene Kline Joel Koppelman James Kronzer Anne B. Ladenson Sylvia and Robert Lange Sonya Lawrence*
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ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 $75-$124 continued Marlies Levenger Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie Lewis Edward Lichtenberg Barbara and Dick Linde Melissa Lore* Virginia Lowe Joan Ryder and Robert Ludwig Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Anonymous Whit MacLaughlin and Catherine Slusar Donald and Nancy Maclay Anonymous Todd and Susan Makler Patricia and James Malloy Nina and John Mantione Lolly Marchant Betty Margolis and Sidney Arenson Richard and Julie May Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith J McDowell Deborah McKinley and David Rich Marianne Miller Douglas and Fredaricka Moffitt Lisa and Stephen Morano Jeff and Maxine Morgan Claire Moyer Kenneth and Susan Myers Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nicholls Bonnie and Eliot Nierman Kathy Nolen Edwards William O’Connor Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Betsy Oliphant Gerald O’Neill Clare and Dwayne Osman Jane G Pepper John and Victoria Podolski Leslie and Curt Pontz Nancy Post Shirley and Charles Preston Linda Quam Keith Quinton Mary Jo Reilly Leslie Rescorla Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Dr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew Bushko Sharon and Mark Robb Claire Rocco Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel Dr. Harry Rosenthal Edwin and Sally Rosenthol
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Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Janet Rupert Romayne and David Sachs Thekla Sacksteder Joan and Bill Saidel Rita and Herbert Salzman Mark Sandberg John Sands Michael Sanyour James and Anne Sauve Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt Mary Ellen and Carl Schneider Robert and Karen Serenbetz Frances Sheehan and Rick Gelman Betty and Arthur Sherman Elaine L. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Showler Roy and Lee Shubert Abigail and Richard Simkus David and Carleene Slowik Jason and Danielle Smereczynski Anonymous Richard and Doranne Smith Phillip and Karen Spiker Leon Steinberg Bethy and Vinson Stouck Sharon and Robert Strochak
Shirley Swerdloff Marion and Richard Taxin Pamela Thaxter Linda and Keith Thomson Marian Tracey Cathy J. Toner* Mailin Van Antwerp* Pam Ventrella Martin and Dorothy Vogel Clifford and Ann Wagner Thomas Watkins Samuel and M. Judith Wenzel Edward Wilk John and Donna and Jenna Wojcik Anonymous Carol Yetter Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem* Askold Zagars Francis A. Zampiello Joan D. Zeidner* * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services The list acknowledges donors as of April 22, 2009. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify us by contacting Manager of Individual Giving Angela DuRoss at (215) 922-8900, x. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow us to list supporters whose gifts are less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge their contributions.
Corporate EITC Contributions Businesses who support the Arden can receive a tax credit through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program EITC funds to the Arden directly support our educational outreach programs Arden for All (AFA) and Arden in Class and On Stage (AICOS). Eligible corporations must do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are subject to one or more of the following taxes: Corporate Net Income Tax Bank & Trust Company Shares Tax Insurance Premiums Tax
Capital Stock Franchise Tax Title Insurance Company Shares Tax Mutual Thrift Institutions Tax
Personal Income Tax of S Corporation Share holders, or partners in a general or limited partnership Aqua America, Berwind Corporation, Harmelin Media and Susquehanna Bank have all contributed to the Arden through EITC.
If you are interested in learning more about this program please contact Associate Managing Director Amanda Ditsky at (215) 922-8900 ext. 27.
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BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS Board of Directors David Fryman, President N. Peter Hamilton, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Karen Butler Joy L. De Jesús Ellen P. Foster Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill Carole Haas Gravagno Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall Joanne Harmelin Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Steve Heumann Susan G. Jacobson Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Aaron Posner Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Harvey B. Swedloff Joseph A. Tammaro, Jr. Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Board Executive Committee David Fryman, chair Brian Abernathy Michael A. Donato Ronna F. Hall Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Andrea Mengel Charles Rose Hether Smith Lee van de Velde Board Development Committee Michael Donato, chair Peter Hamilton Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam
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Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb John King Jacqueline Matusow Ilene Miller Judy Paul Ilene Poses Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Richard Maimon John McCawley Myles Pettengill Paul Thais Finance Committee Michael Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Elizabeth Gemmill Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff
Individual Giving Committee Virginia Kimmel, chair Charles Rose, chair Sheryl Bar Giséle Bathish John Bitman Chip Capelli Joy L. De Jesús Terry Graboyes Wendy Greenfield Lynn Haskin Steve Heumann Nancy Hirsig Jill Kaplan Eric and Winnie Lien Ilene Miller Peggy Morgan Richard Quinn Steven Segal Harvey Swedloff Rosalyn and Steve Weinstein Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin
Institutional Giving Committee Michael Donato David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Carole Haas Gravagno Joanne Harmelin John McCawley Hether Smith
Special Events Committee Ronna F. Hall, chair Gary Bramnick Tom Burke Karen Butler Chip Capelli Michael Donato Nancy Elfant Carmel D. Ferrandino Ellen Foster Sara Furey David Hackney Marlo Hall Jamie Joffe Barbara Kaplan Joanne Lawson Kelly Lee Barbara Link Bob Marburg Peggy Morgan Michael Norris Betsy Oliphant Dolly Beechman Schnall Brian Seaman Bill Swoope
Strategic Planning Committee Andrea Mengel, chair Ellen Foster David Fryman Ellen Yin
2008/09 Honorary Producers’ Circle Fred and Emily Anton Carole Haas Gravagno Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Harvey and Virginia Kimmel
Personnel Committee Lee van de Velde, chair David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Charles Rose Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser
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2009 SALONS Get up close and personal with the Arden’s favorite artists! Salons are a lively, intimate way to get the inside scoop while sharing a glass of wine with the regions hottest theatre professionals. Hosted by Arden’s Associate Artistic Director Amy Dugas Brown, nothing is off-limits during these fun-filled, provocative evenings at the Arden.
SOMETHING INTANGIBLE
THE SEAFARER
Thursday, May 28
Thursday, June 11
Actors Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes, two of Philadelphia’s most dynamic actors, often share the stage. How did they work together to create the roles of these two brothers at odds? How has their onstage relationship changed as this new work developed from a reading to a full production?
Conor McPherson’s twisting tale set in Baldoyle, Ireland presents several challenges for the actors. How do they balance humor and suspense in this story of an out-of-work chauffeur and the mysterious stranger who visits him? How do they inhabit the lives and language of these men? Join us as Bill Zielinski and Greg Wood share their experiences.
Salons are held from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Arden. Reservations are encouraged by calling 215.922.1122. $25 each • $10 for students In addition to the discussion, the ticket price includes a delicious array of hors d’oeuvres generously provided by Whole Foods.
Salon dates and times are subject to change.
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Contemporary Italian cuisine and over 120 wines by the glass every day. Winner of The Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Private Wine Cellar and Reception Rooms available.
Ristorante Panorama at the Penn’s View Hotel Front & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 19106 Restaurant Reservations Call 215.922.7800
Complimentary Parking at Lunch www.pennsviewhotel.com
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OLD CITY DINING PARTNERS PLUS Looking for a great place to eat in Old City? Try one of these fine establishments. Please be sure to mention you heard about them from us!
Campo’s
Patou
214 Market Street • 215.923.1000 www.phillyhoagie.com A 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
312 Market Street • 215.928.2987 www.patourestaurant.com From acclaimed French chef/owner Patrice Rames, Patou offers a menu ranging from casual hearth baked gourmet pizzas to the most elegant dishes from the Cote D’Azur. City Paper Reader’s Choice Award “Best New Restaurant”. Visit www.patourestaurant.com for all information.
Fork and Fork: etc 306-308 Market Street • 215.625.9425 www.forkrestaurant.com Fork continues to set the standard for New American bistro dining. The fresh, seasonal cuisine reflects international influences with an original twist. 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.
Q Barbeque & Tequila 207 Chestnut Street • 215.625.8605 http://goldcity.com C'mon over. Settle into a rocking chair on our porch. Order one of our signature Tequila or Bourbon drinks. Breathe in the amazing aromas and relax. You're our guest now, and were gonna treat you to the best slow-style Southern barbeque you've ever tasted. Open for lunch and dinner.
Ristorante Panorama 14 N. Front Street • 215.922.7800 www.pennsviewhotel.com Featuring contemporary authentic Italian cuisine such as homemade pastas, tender veal and daily seafood specialties, Ristorante Panorama is located in the Penn’s View hotel, Front and Market Streets. The wine program offers over 120 wines by the glass, and has received Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence,” and Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly”.
Serrano 20 S. 2nd Street • 215.928.0770 A fixture in Old City since 1985, serving international fare at neighborhood prices, Serrano is the perfect place to visit, bring friends and make friends. After dinner, move the evening upstairs to the Tin Angel, our intimate acoustic café. Tin Angel has presented an astonishing array of stars from the world of blues, rock, folk and country, earning a reputation as the best club of its size in the country.
Triumph Brewing Company 117 Chestnut Street • 215.625.0855 www.triumphbrewing.com Triumph Brewing Company is a sophisticated restaurant & brewery featuring regional American cuisine and hand-crafted freshly brewed beer. Triumph is located in the heart of Old City.
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ON STAGE May/June 2009 Say Goodnight Gracie Society Hill Playhouse 3/25/2009 - 5/31/2009 (215) 923-0210
The Seafarer* Arden Theatre Company 5/14/2009 - 6/14/2009 (215) 922-1122
The Green Show* Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 6/3/2009 - 8/1/2009 (610) 282-9455
Wooden Heart Stages of Imagination 4/16/2009 - 5/29/2009 (610) 892-8189
Seussical, Jr.* Montgomery Theater 5/22/2009 - 5/31/2009 (215) 723-9984
Prelude to a Kiss* Arden Club Theatre 6/4/2009 - 6/6/2009 (302) 475-3126 x4
Eggs* People’s Light & Theatre Company 4/23/2009 - 5/24/2009 (610) 644-3500
Grey Gardens Philadelphia Theatre Company 5/22/2009 - 6/28/2009 (215) 985-0420
Leading Ladies Footlighters Theater 6/5/2009 - 6/20/2009 (610) 296-9245
Much Ado About Nothing Bridge Players Theatre Company 5/1/2009 - 5/16/2009 (856) 303-7620
Let’s Pretend We’re Married* 1812 Productions 5/26/2009 - 6/14/2009 (215) 592-9560
Respect: A Musical Journal of Women* Act II Playhouse 5/5/2009 - 5/31/2009 (215) 654-0200
Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits Walnut Street Theatre 5/5/2009 - 6/28/2009 (215) 574-3550 A Stone Carver* New City Stage Company 5/7/2009 - 5/24/2009 (215) 563-7500
Avenue X* 11th Hour Theatre Company 5/28/2009 - 6/21/2009 (267) 987-9865 Booth Actors Net Inc. 5/29/2009 - 6/14/2009 (215) 295-3694 Little Lamb* InterAct Theatre Company 5/29/2009 - 6/28/2009 (215) 568-8079
The Rose Tattoo Old Academy Players 6/5/2009 - 6/21/2009 (215) 843-1109 Honk!*
The Little Dog Laughed* Flashpoint Theatre Company 5/7/2009 - 5/30/2009 (215) 665-9720
Cinderella* Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 5/29/2009 - 8/1/2009 (610) 282-9455
Plain and Fancy Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra 5/8/2009 - 5/16/2009 (610) 565-5010
The Meatpackers Book Club* Philadelphia Theatre Workshop 5/30/2009 - 6/14/2009 (215) 316-1361
Jake’s Women* The Stagecrafters Theater 6/12/2009 - 6/27/2009 (215) 247-8881 The Man Who Came to Dinner Chapel Street Players 6/12/2009 - 6/27/2009 (302) 368-2248
Macbeth Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 5/13/2009 - 5/24/2009 (215) 496-8001
Wooden Heart Stages of Imagination 6/2/2009 - 6/5/2009 (610) 892-8189
Improv Comedy: The N Crowd* The N Crowd Friday Nights (215) 253-4276
Hysteria* The Wilma Theater 5/13/2009 - 6/14/2009 (215) 546-7824
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)* Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 6/3/2009 - 6/28/2009 (610) 282-9455
OnStage Philadelphia - Performing Arts Preview Night Plays and Players Monday Nights (215) 735-0630
Theatre Horizon & The Centre Theater
6/5/2009 - 7/2/2009 (610) 283-2230 Oklahoma* The New Candlelight Theatre 6/6/2009 - 7/25/2009 (302) 475-2313 The Heidi Chronicles* The Ritz Theatre Company 6/11/2009 - 6/21/2009 (856) 858-5230
*Purchase Theatre Alliance gift certificates, accepted at over 50 theatres across the region! For more information please visit WWW.THEATREALLIANCE.ORG
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STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Producing Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrence J. Nolen Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. Murphy Associate Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Ditsky Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Dugas Brown Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Read Artistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elana Boulos Literary Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Smeal Director of Marketing and Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Yeagle Marketing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigael Reed Public Relations Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janine Zappone Design Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristy Giballa Education Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Mullin Fowler Education and Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Wojcik Manager of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela DuRoss Manager of Institutional Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Rosenbaum Development Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Morrison General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Peck Associate General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Beth Simon Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Spiker House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Choinacky Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey Masson Box Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Beyer, Thomas Choinacky, Carla Emanuele, Amanda Grove, Elisabeth Kersey, Michael McElroy, Fred Ott, Ryane Studivant Arden Professional Apprentices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Bangert, Katherine Fritz, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Richard Sonne, Gary Thayer Arden Drama School Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeff Coon, Matt Decker, Ben Dibble, Erin Driscoll, Carla Emanuele, Liz Filios, Larry Fowler, Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Gina Leigh, Michael McElroy, Steve Pacek, Erin Read, Alison Roberts, Scott Sheppard, Vanda Thomas, Anneliese Van Arsdale, Jon Ward Arden In Class and On Stage Teaching Artists . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeffrey Coon, Erin Driscoll, Carla Emanuele, Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Danielle Herbert, James Ijames, Michael McElroy, Sally Wojcik Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Bernaski, Elana Boulos, Kagiso Kesupile-Reed, James Yandoli Arden Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Markovitz
PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Riggar Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Perlman Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Day West Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Lambrakos Production Stage Managers . . . . . . Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley, Elana Wolff Assistant to the Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Bangert Costume Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Roberts Costume Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Hope Delfiner, Ashley Johns Wardrobe Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asaki Kuruma Property Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Ward Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin Stutzman Sound Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Fowler Assistant Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily P. Shore Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Chadwick Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Wallace General Production Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Yang
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THE HISTORY BOYS By Alan Bennett Directed by Terrence J. Nolen September 24 - November 1, 2009 on the F. Otto Haas Stage
Winner of a Tony Award and Olivier Award, Bennett's international comedy chronicles the final year of eight clever young history students at a British boarding school in pursuit of sex, sport and admission into Oxford and Cambridge. Two teachers become rivals for the hearts and minds of the boys in this hilarious and provocative new play.
BLUE DOOR By Tanya Barfield Directed by Walter Dallas January 14 - March 21, 2010 on the Arcadia Stage
Lewis is a successful mathematics professor whose wife of 25 years has just left him because of his refusal to participate in the Million Man March. So begins Lewis' sleepless night where a series of ancestors visit him and reveal the hardships and victories of their lives. Lyrical, funny and poignant, this two person tour-de-force is a thought-provoking window into the soul of one African American man grappling at the intersection of his own identity and his cultural history.
ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare Directed by Matt Pfeiffer February 25 - April 11, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage
Remember what it feels like to love with abandon and surrender to raw elation? We give you an unadulterated Romeo and Juliet. Come experience Shakespeare's masterpiece, without pretense or gimmick, and tap into the heart of this timeless love story.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Terrence J. Nolen May 27 - July 4, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage
Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by Georges Seurat's stunning masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Brimming with beauty and light, Sunday in the Park celebrates the power of creation. Jeffrey Coon (Seurat) and Kristine Fraelich (Dot) star in this passionate production featuring Sondheim's full orchestrations and a world of “color and light”. Hold on to your hat!
One additional mainstage production will be announced soon and will appear on the Arcadia stage October - December, 2009.
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