Annual Report 2009/10

Mission StatementArden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers. The Arden draws from any source that is inherently dramatic and theatrical: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music and drama. Arden Theatre Company stages works for the diverse greater Philadelphia community that arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire.

Our Vision for the FutureThe Arden will be recognized as one of Philadelphia’s great cultural treasures and one of the leading regional theatres in the country. We will draw from the best actors, designers, artisans and arts administrators available nationally while remaining committed to homegrown artists. The Arden will be known as an important incubator for the creation of new work – plays and musicals that premiere at the Arden will be presented worldwide. Playwrights will seek to make the Arden their artistic home. Young people will be inspired, empowered and develop a lifelong love of the arts when they experience the energy of Arden Children’s Theatre and participate in Arden classes. Graduates of the Arden Professional Apprentice Program will shape the future of American theatre – here in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Our audiences will see themselves and their humanity in the stories we tell and classes we teach and have a lifelong relationship with this theatre. The Arden will be a source of civic pride, the theatre that Philadelphians point to as their hometown theatre.

The History Boys, 2009

THE HISTORY BOYSBy ALAN BENNETTDirected by TERRENCE J. NOLENOn the F. Otto Haas StageSeptember 24 - November 1, 2009

Attendance: 13,555Ticket Sales: $339,621Performances: 44

“Theatrical and often very funny, Boys boasts an emotional honesty that is genuinely disarming. Director Terrence J. Nolen’s cast is exceptional, led by Frank X, who gives an impressively nuanced performance. If you enjoy Philly theater, it doesn’t get much better than the Arden’s History Boys.” –Philadelphia Weekly

RABBIT HOLEBy DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIREDirected by JAMES J. CHRISTYOn the Arcadia StageOctober 22 - December 20, 2009

Attendance: 10,662Ticket Sales: $266,398.50Performances: 66

“Director James J. Christy is not afraid to dig into the play’s rich humor as much as its sadness, and builds beautiful, seamless evolutions of tone and conflict within the scenes. Arden veteran Grace Gonglewski and Brian Russell, in the roles of the parents, give pitch-perfect portrayals.” –EDGE Philadelphia

2009/10 Show Results

Rabbit Hole, 2009

Audience DevelopmentTotal Attendance: 111,311Season Subscribers (Includes Mainstage and Children’s Theatre): 10,321Single Ticket Sales: $858,260Subscription Ticket Sales: $1,083,916Group Sales: $304,285Total Ticket Sales: $2,260,868

With over 110,000 audience members, the 2009/10 season saw the Arden’s highest performance attendance ever.

Artistic HighlightsTotal Performances: 458Total Weeks of Extensions: 7

2009/10 Show Results

PETER PANAdapted for the Stage by DOUGLAS IRVINEFrom the books by J.M. BARRIEDirected by DAVID O’CONNOROn the F. Otto Haas StageDecember 2, 2009 - January 31, 2010

Production Sponsor:

Community Partner:

Attendance: 29,000Ticket Sales: $417,265Performances: 83

“The Arden’s reinvention of Barrie’s classic tale reignited a tiny flame of innocence, and reconstructed, if only for a short time, a moment in the child’s life where imagination reigned supreme and the pretense of what is or isn’t cool mattered not.” –Out With the Kids

BLUE DOORBy TANYA BARFIELDDirected by WALTER DALLASOn the Arcadia StageJanuary 14 - March 21, 2010

Attendance: 11,063Ticket Sales: $274,117.50Performances: 76

“What do you get when you combine brilliant writing, inspired staging and two accomplished actors who are absolutely on fire? The Arden’s production of Tanya Barfield’s Blue Door… Simultaneously thought provoking, funny and heart-wrenching, Blue Door could cause even the most secure among us to do some soul searching.” – The Philadelphia Tribune

ROMEO AND JULIETBy WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDirected by MATT PFEIFFEROn the F. Otto Haas StageFebruary 25 - April 11, 2010

Production Sponsor:

Attendance: 16,402Ticket Sales: $348,862.50Performances: 54

“An ambitious production of Shakespeare’s classic…a small army of gifted regional players living their lines with such intensity that it almost knocks your socks off.” —KYW

2009/10 Show Results

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIEAdapted by JODY DAVIDSONDirected by WHIT MacLAUGHLINBook copyright ©1985 Laura NumeroffIllustration copyright ©1985 Felicia BondUsed by permission of HarperCollins Publishers

On the Arcadia StageApril 14 - June 27, 2010

Production Sponsors:

Community Partner:

Attendance: 15,746Ticket Sales: $221,036Performances: 91

“Joyous and unapologetic... Vaudevillian magic…[Steve] Pacek has a grand time flying around the set…Fun to parents and manic younger charges alike.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGEMusic and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIMBook by JAMES LAPINEDirected by TERRENCE J. NOLENProduction Conceived by JORGE COUSINEAU and TERRENCE J. NOLENOn the F. Otto Haas StageMay 27 - July 4, 2010

Honorary Producers: Fred and Emily Anton

Sunday in the Park with George was funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative. This play is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Attendance: 14,833Ticket Sales: $379,160.50Performances: 44

“This is by any standard a major revival, one of the strongest Sondheim productions of the past decade. Not only is this production sensitively staged and imaginatively designed, but it’s the best-sung Sondheim revival to come along in years.” –The Wall Street Journal

“Back to school,” says one of the characters in the opening monologue of Alan Bennett’s Tony Award-winning The History Boys, and that’s exactly where we went to start our 23rd season of great stories by great storytellers. In an inspired bit of local casting, Shakespearean actor Frank X made his Arden debut in the role of Hector, a teacher of “studied eccentricity” at an English private school. Joining him was a host of exciting young actors, several of whom were making their professional debuts. Dazzlingly staged by Terrence J. Nolen, and featuring a brilliant collage of 1980s pop songs, courtesy of Jorge Cousineau, the production turned out to be a tantalizing precursor of another Nolen/Cousineau event still to come. David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize winner Rabbit Hole brought Grace Gonglewski back to the Arden for her 19th role with our company. As the grief-stricken Becca, she moved audiences to tears night after night. Her director was James J. Christy, another much lauded Philadelphia artist and frequent Arden collaborator. Both Christy and Gonglewski received Barrymore nominations for their work on the production, and both will return for the 2010/11 season. The first Arden Children’s Theatre production of the season was a new adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan by Douglas Irvine that had only been staged once before

at the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Highlights of the production included a bilingual Tinkerbell played by Vietnamese-American actress Bi Jean Ngo, Lost Boys puppets made from everyday objects by local troupe Puppet Uprising, and an extraordinary steampunk set designed by Tom Gleeson. Gleeson is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award, which funded his return to the Arden for The Threepenny Opera.

After directing 2008’s The Piano Lesson, Walter Dallas returned to the Arden to direct Blue Door, Tanya Barfield’s stirring examination of race and assimilation. Philadelphia favorite Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. made his Arden debut in a hypnotic, tour-de-force performance; he did not leave the stage once during the play’s 90-minute running time. The production featured original music by sound designer Robert Kaplowitz, a recent Philadelphia transplant and Tony Award winner for his sound design of the Broadway musical Fela! Kaplowitz, Dallas, and supporting actor Kes Khemnu were Barrymore nominees for their work in this moving production. Following closely on the heels of this intimate two-man play was a vigorous Romeo and Juliet with a cast of 12, including Arden regulars Scott Greer, Tony Lawton, Suzanne O’Donnell, and Brian Anthony Wilson. Evan Jonigkeit, late of our very own The History Boys, and

Artistic Achievements

Mahira Kakkar, star of the Off Broadway production of Opus, played the eponymous star-crossed lovers. Local award-winning director Matt Pfeiffer, whose credits range from Mamet to children’s theatre, tackled Shakespeare for the first time in his career.

Whit MacLaughlin returned to direct If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, his ninth Arden Children’s Theatre production. This hilarious show featured star turns from local actors Steve Pacek and David Raphaely as Mouse and Boy, a Laurel and Hardy-like odd couple whose escalating antics harkened back to the golden age of slapstick. The production received three Barrymore Award nominations, and garnered a win for Outstanding Set Design, a strong reminder that Arden Children’s Theatre shows are produced with as much care and creativity as the more “grown up” productions in our community. The 2009/10 season closed with what is sure to be remembered as a signature

production of Sunday in the Park with George. Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics and score and James Lapine’s book were brilliantly brought to life by co-conceivers Terrence J. Nolen and Jorge Cousineau, working alongside a tremendous cast and crew including stars Jeffrey Coon and Kristine Fraelich and Musical Director Eric Ebbenga, who led an 11-piece orchestra using the full original orchestrations from the 1984 Broadway production. The Arden’s Sunday was a feast for the eyes and ears and garnered Stephen Sondheim’s blessings, “I was delighted to hear that the production will use Michael Starobin’s brilliant original orchestrations. At a time when so many larger organizations are producing reduced forms of shows like mine…it is heartening to know that the Arden exists.” The attendance records and rave reviews from local and national critics were a testament to Sondheim’s faith in our abilities. But most inspiring were our audiences, who forged deep connections with this challenging, powerful, and groundbreaking American musical.

Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre 2009/10 Season Nominations:

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

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

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

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

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

*Award Recipient

Sunday in the Park with George, 2010

The cornerstone of the Arden’s educational outreach work is our theatre access program, Arden for All, which ensures that students from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods have access to award-winning live theatre and essential arts education curriculum. First piloted in two classrooms in 2005, this season, the program served four schools in Philadelphia, two schools in Ridley Park and three schools in Camden, New Jersey, giving away over 5,000 free tickets and books. Show-related lesson plans meet local, state and national academic standards, and all lessons are taught by professional actors with teaching experience. During the 2009/10 season, over 2,200 students experienced of in-class lessons taught by Arden Teaching Artists. This season we also continued our partnership with the drama students at Camden Creative Arts High School. The students attended five productions and participated in master classes led by Grace Gonglewski (Rabbit Hole), Glenn Perlman (Peter Pan), Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. (Blue Door), Evan Jonigkeit (Romeo & Juliet), and Steve Pacek (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie).

2009/10 was an extremely successful season for Arden Drama School, our theatre classes for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. 1,085 students attended Arden Drama School, an increase of 44% from last year, and Arden Drama School’s Play in a Day was the winner of Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best Kids Class” in 2010. Thanks to a generous four-year grant from the Wallace Foundation, Arden Drama School is continuing to endeavor to serve as a bridge between Children’s Theatre and Mainstage productions by engaging kids in the performing arts through their tween and teen years.

The Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) program continues to attract applicants from across the country. During the 2009/10 season, we received over 100 applications from 27 different states and 80 different colleges and universities. APA Class 17 graduated 5 aspiring theatre professionals from Illinois, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

The Pay-What-You-Can program continues to raise funds for area non-profits through open dress rehearsals of our Mainstage shows. This year’s beneficiaries were

Community and Educational Outreach

Actor Chris Bresky with visiting students from our Arden for All program. Arden Professional Apprentices

Art-Reach, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Freedom Theatre, Outward Bound, and Fleisher Art Memorial. In total, nearly $8,000 was raised for fellow non-profits in the community.

Making the Arden’s work accessible to all individuals remains integral to our mission. Select Mainstage performances are audio described for blind and low vision patrons and open captioned for deaf and hard of hearing audiences. Arden Children’s Theatre partners with Hands Up Productions to provide ASL shadow interpreted performances. For our work with Hands Up Productions, we were named a 2009 Cultural Access Honoree by Art-Reach, the only organization in the Philadelphia region solely devoted to bringing arts and cultural opportunities to the full range of underserved audiences.

“My students and I are grateful to the visiting artists

and to the Arden for the fantastic experience! The

classroom component was extremely valuable,

demonstrating the techniques for bringing text to

life. THANK YOU!” – S. LaMorgia, CW Henry School

The History Boys, 2009

Arden Drama School Summer Camp

New Play DevelopmentIn 2009/10, the Arden continued its dedication to the development of new work and furthering meaningful artistic relationships with writers. Through the generous support of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase, we conducted developmental work on a number of plays, including three in preparation for full production in our 2010/11 season. Last season saw the arrival of the Arden’s new Associate Artistic Director, Edward Sobel, who joined the Arden after almost a decade of leading new play efforts at Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theater Company. In October, playwright Rogelio Martinez also came to town to work on his commissioned play Symbiotic Love and for a rehearsed reading of another commissioned play, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, which will receive its premiere at the Arden under the direction of Terrence J. Nolen in April 2011, as part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), inspired by the Kimmel Center. In January, we held a workshop of The Flea and the Professor. Adapted by award-winning playwright Jordan Harrison from Hans Christian Andersen’s last story and with music by Richard Gray, Flea is our first commission for Arden Children’s Theatre. In May, a rehearsed reading of the play was presented in Washington, DC as part of the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices, a biennial national festival for plays-in-progress written for young audiences. The three-day national conference of theater professionals, educators, and publishers received Flea with great enthusiasm. We will be producing the world premiere in May/June of 2011, under the direction of Obie-Award winner Anne Kauffman. Michael Hollinger, author of Opus, An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, and Red Herring, among others, delivered a new script entitled Ghost-Writer. It was developed through an innovative partnership with local play development organization PlayPenn, who jointly sponsored an extended workshop in June and July. The Arden opened its 2010/11 season with the world premiere in September. Michael Hollinger’s Opus, which was first produced at the Arden in 2005/06, was one of the ten most produced plays in the country in 2009/10. Looking to the future, the Arden initiated a new commission from Chicago based writer, Laura Jacqmin. A graduate of Yale and the winner of the Wasserstein Prize, awarded to an outstanding female playwright under age 30, Laura has had work produced at Chicago Dramatists, Steppenwolf, and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York. She will deliver a first draft of the new play in early 2011.

Blue Door, 2009

Connecting with Audiences in New MediaIn the 2009/10 season, we implemented increased social media campaigns via our social network properties such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Through these channels, we featured contests, participatory questions, and more consistent posting of photos and videos. Facebook and Twitter both saw large increases in followers and participation in 2009/10, with a 250% increase in Facebook fans and a 501% increase in Twitter followers. We posted on both sites daily, often multiple times per day on Twitter, and responded to each comment made by one of our followers. We used both outlets to promote our blog posts, press mentions about the company, and casual insider information from around the Arden’s building. All posts sought to be relevant and timely, and we experimented—with much success—with asking questions of our audience.

In the 2009/10 season, the Arden website received 20,000 – 30,000 visits per month. The site was reorganized so that it deepened visitors’ engagement with a “Get Familiar” page for each show which included information about the cast and crew as well as photos. We substantially increased the number of blog posts on our website, averaging 10-12 per month, resulting in 500-1,000 visitors to the homepage of the blog each month and hundreds more reading individual posts after having been directed from Facebook and Twitter. We continue to use Google Analytics to track the success of the blog and popularity of individual posts, writers, and multimedia and we will continue to integrate the blog on our website to drive traffic, thereby engaging our audiences further with behind-the-scenes content.

Romeo and Juliet, 2010

Statement of Functional Expenses

For the Year Ended June 30, 2010

TotalProgram Program Management Supporting Services andGeneral Fundraising Services Salaries $1,173,622 $364,825 $208,586 $1,747,033 Payrolltaxesandbenefits $345,093 $132,840 $40,561 $518,494 Total salaries and related expenses $1,518,715 $497,665 $249,147 $2,265,527 Accounting 21,283 21,283 ACTprogram 49,937 49,937 Advertisingandpromotions 419,503 419,503 Apprenticeprogram 5,951 5,951 Boxofficeexpense 25,411 25,411 Buildingmaintenance 87,322 14,212 101,534 Capitalcampaignexpense 695 113 808 Commissions 7,500 7,500 Computerservices 7,189 21,566 28,755 Concessions 35,723 35,723 Creditcardfees 52,479 5,200 57,679 Depreciation 122,743 24,454 15,183 162,380 Designers 104,905 104,905 Directors 41,750 41,750 DuesandSubscriptions 14,553 795 15,348 Fundraisingcosts 100,374 100,374 Housing 20,251 20,251 Insurance 80,939 4,156 85,095 Interestexpense 33,084 5,386 38,470 Miscellaneous 7,898 5,875 13,773 Musicians 55,058 55,058 Officesupplies 5,551 7,136 3,172 15,859 Outreachprogram 31,223 31,223 Parking 11,078 11,078 Postage 47,614 15,357 4,289 67,260 Productioncosts 173,663 173,663 Receptions 29,553 29,553 Royalties 163,709 163,709 Shoprental 15,802 15,802 Telephone 8,172 3,143 1,257 12,572 Travelandentertainment 16,016 5,985 1,035 23,036 Utilities 108,628 108,628

Totalexpenses $3,254,086 $652,774 $416,211 $4,323,071If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 2010

Statement of Activities

For the Year Ended June 30, 2010

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted RestrictedRevenue, Gains and other supportTicketandsubscriptionsales $2,307,322 $2,307,322

Contributionsandgrants $1,240,994 $421,288 $50,000 $1,712,282

Capitalcontributions $40,500 $75,500 $116,000

Investmentincome $34,293 $234,293

Miscellaneousincome $267,862 $267,862

TotalRevenue $3,890,971 $496,788 $50,000 $4,437,759

Netassetsreleasedfromrestrictions $468,877 ($468,877)

Total Revenue, gains and other support $4,359,848 $27,911 $50,000 $4,437,759

Expenses

ProgramServices $3,254,086 $3,254,086

Managementandgeneral $652,774 $652,774

Fundraising $416,211 $416,211

Total Expenses $4,323,071 $4,323,071

Increase in net assets $36,777 $27,911 $50,000 $114,688

Net assets–beginning of year $4,099,871 $1,132,417 $5,232,388

Net assets–end of year $4,136,648 $1,160,328 $50,000 $5,346,976

$100,000 & aboveHamiltonFamilyFoundationIndependenceFoundationPennsylvaniaDepartmentofCommunityandEconomicDevelopmentThePewCharitableTrustsPhiladelphiaCulturalLeadershipProgramThePewCenterforArts&HeritagethroughthePhiladelphiaTheatreInitiativeTheWallaceFoundationWilliamPennFoundation

$50,000 to $99,999TheHaroldandMimiSteinbergCharitableTrustNationalEndowmentfortheArtsPennsylvaniaCouncilontheArtsThePhiladelphiaInquirer,DailyNewsandphilly.com+ShubertFoundation

$15,000 to $49,999CampbellSoupFoundationComcastCorporationClaneilFoundationEdgertonFoundationNewAmericanPlaysEdwardM.StoryMemorialFundofthePhiladelphiaFoundationFoxChaseBankHarmelinMediaHirsigFamilyFundofthePhiladelphiaFoundationHoraceW.GoldsmithFoundationKieranTimberlakeAssociates,LLPLincolnFinancialFoundationMcLeanContributionshipMedicalLegalReproductions+PECOPhiladelphiaCulturalFundPhiladelphiaFoundationTargetCorporationVirginiaBrownMartinFundofthePhiladelphiaFoundation

$7,500 to $14,999AloeInvestmentCorporationAnonymousBoeingCorporationPhiladelphiaCulturalManagementInitiativePNCCharitableTrustTDCharitableFoundationAnonymous

$2,500 to $7,499The1976FoundationTheAddisGroupArronsonFoundationBarraFoundationBrookJ.LenfestFoundation

CarolineAlexanderBuckFoundationCarolineJ.S.SandersCharitableTrustIICharlotteCushmanFoundationCivicFoundationDolfinger-McMahonFoundationEaglesYouthPartnership+EthelSergeantClarkSmithMemorialFundAnneM.&PhilipH.GlatfelterFamilyFoundationGlenmede,investment&wealthmanagementGreaterPhiladelphiaTourismandMarketingCorporationTheHaleyFoundationTheHasselFoundationHatboroBeverages+IBMCorporateCitizenshipandCorporateAffairs+KarrBarthAssociates,Inc.&CharlesandDr.MindyRosePaulE.KellyFoundationLibertyPropertyTrustMainLineHealthRosenlundFamilyFoundationSEIWealthManagementSusquehannaBankTheVictoryFoundationTheWachoviaWellsFargoFoundationWaldronWealthManagementWalterJ.MillerTrustWellsFargoFamilyWealthZipcarPhiladelphia+

$750 to $2,499TheAgogeGroup,LLCArronsonFoundationConnellyFoundationDrumcliffFoundationEagleVillageShopsFirstrustBankTheFranklinInstituteJenkintownBuildingServices+KPMGLouisN.CassettFoundationMaxwellStrawbridgeCharitableTrustMediaCopy+MGAPartners,Architects:DanielKelley,MaryKeefe,KathyNorrisObermayerRebmannMaxwell&HippelLLPQuakerChemicalFoundationTheRittenhouseFoundationStephenStarrEvents+UnionBenevolentAssociationBWFFoundation

$749 and underActors’EquityAssociationFoundationPennsylvaniaWomensForumWilliamGoldmanFoundation+denotes gifts of services or goods

Corporate, Foundation and Government Support Granfalloon 2010This year’s Granfalloon was held at the Comcast Center on June 11, 2010. The event honored N. Peter Hamilton, longtime Arden board member and avid supporter of Arden Children’s Theatre and Arden for All. Sponsors and members of the Host Committee gathered in Ralph’s Café, on the 43rd floor to enjoy cocktails, small plate dining and an exquisite view of the city of Philadelphia. The party continued in the Winter Garden Lobby of the Comcast Center, with a silent auction, dessert and dancing to LeRoy Hawkes and the Hipnotics. Special guest artists included Joilet Harris, Alex Keiper, and Steve Pacek. With over 250 guests and grossing $185,000, Granfalloon 2010 proved to be the most successful fundraising event in Arden history.

The Hamilton Family Foundation ChallengeThis season, the Hamilton Family Foundation presented us with a unique challenge: raise $50,000 in new or increased donations, and the foundation will grant an additional $50,000 in support of Arden Children’s Theatre and Arden for All. By the end of the 2009/10 season, we met and surpassed the challenge, raising $146,508 in new and increased contributions. We acquired 442 new individual donors, and a pitch made to the audiences of Sunday in the Park with George by Jeff Coon (George) brought in over $40,000.

Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & Above)Mr.FrederickW.Anton,IIISallyandMichaelBailin^Mr.andMrs.AlbertM.Greenfield,IIIPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustA,recommendedbyCaroleHaasGravagnoPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustA,recommendedbyJohnOttoandDr.JanetHaasMr.andMrs.N.PeterHamiltonHirsigFamilyFundofThePhiladelphiaFoundationVirginiaandHarveyKimmelArtsEducationFundofthePhiladelphiaFoundationAnonymous

Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999)JohnBitman^JosephandMarieFieldMatthewandMarieGarfieldMs.ElizabethGemmillPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustB,recommendedbyLeonardC.HaasBarbaraandLeslieKaplanJosephineKleinSuzanneF.RobertsCulturalDevelop-mentFundCharlesRoseandMindyGoldbergRose^MonicaHoranandPhilipRosenthalTerryandAmandaFosterSpahr,throughtheBettyandWesFosterFamilyFoundationAnonymousLeeandChristophervandeVeldeRosalynandStephenWeinstein

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999)Mrs.VallaAmsterdamCarolandTomBeam

LoisG.BrodskyAnneM.CongdonDorothyDelbuenoAnnDieboldBobandNancyElfantTimandEllenFoster^NarinderandPatriciaGargLindaandDavidGlicksteinDavidandMaryJaneHackneyRonnaandRobertHall^Drs.RobinandSaifuddinMamaPeggyandSteveMorganKurtandMary-AnnReissSallyWalkerandTomGilmore^JuneandSteveWolfsonFamilyFoundation

Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499)BrianAbernathyandElizabethIrelandJohnAlchinPeggyAndersonBethanyAsplundhJimandJanetAverillSherylandAllenBarGiséleSambarBathishIvyBayardSandyandMickeyBernsteinReggieBlaszczykandLeeO’NeillLouisBluverJeanG.BodineTonyBraithwaite+AlmutBreazealeBernardBrewsteinandEllenRosenthalDeDeandTonyBrownNancyBurdThomasBurkeandRickFountasLauradaByersChipCapelliChristinaClayMDPriscillaandJohnClement

JohnandSusanColemanJeffreyCoon+JoyDeJesúsandJamieReynoldsRobertM.DeverBenDibble+TobeyandMarkDichterMichaelA.DonatoandPeterR.SonzogniMarieandPeterDoonerDebDorseyandMikeGreenJamesR.FairburnandDavidA.WickardStephenFalchekJeanneFisherOliverM.FordSandiFoxx-JonesRichardFrey+DavidandChristinaFryman*LouandRhodaFrymanTerryGraboyesBonnieGrahamMarcyGringlasandJoelGreenbergGlennGundersenandSusanManixCharaandJohnC.HaasMr.andMrs.JonHarmelinDonandLynnMartinHaskinJaneandSteveHeumannSusanJacobsonandMichaelGolden*Mr.andMrs.D.ScottandCarolKelleyCarolineKemmererMr.PeterKenneyandDr.DorothyNovickHollyKinserKennethandEveKlothenJosephKlugerandSusanLewisBillandBethLandmanWinnieandEricLienWilliamA.LoebLarryandMickeyMagidRichardMaimonandSusanSegalLewisR.andSueAnnMarburg

GloriaandDanMarianoJeanS.MarkovitzBarbaraandDonMathesonJohnandAmyMcCawley*KirstenandJamesMcCoyAndreaMengelandGeorgeA.RitterSeymourMillsteinA.C.MissiasEllenandMichaelMulroneyAmyL.MurphyandTerrenceJ.NolenRonandSuzanneNaplesMichaelNorrisandMattVarratoDianePalmerThomasPetroandKristineMessnerDr.andMrs.JoelPorterAaronPosnerandErinWeaverAnnandFrankReed,throughtheMalferFoundationPhyllisandMartinRosenthalDollyBeechmanSchnallandDr.NathanSchnall,inlovingmemoryofLaurieBeechmanHether,DonandSarahSmithRichardandAmandaSmootKathleenA.StephensonWilliamK.StewartFoundationKeithandJimStrawAdelaideSugarmanandMarshallGreenbergHarveyB.SwedloffJustinThomasMargueriteV.RodgersandJamesH.TimberlakeEileenHeismanTuzmanandMartinTuzmanThomasandPatriciaVernon^SandyandMichaelWaxRichardE.WoosnamandDianeDaltoWoosnamMIkeSalmansonandTobiZemskyEllenYin+ZAKARAKProductions

Sylvan Society 2009/10

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

$500 - $999IrisMelendezandHenryR.Adamczyk,Jr.StanandLisaAltmanRonandJoyceBayerDanielR.Blickman*CarolCaswellBarbaraR.CobbJimandPatLockhartCulbertsonShannonandEdwardFarmerMr.andMrs.RichardandRitaGoldberg

ClaraandJorgeLaBrakeBetsyandTedHershbergKarenandMarkHiteBarbaraandJerryKaplanEdithKlausnerBarbaraandLeonardKlinghofferMikeandHeleneLoebMrs.GraceMadeiraDonaldJ.MartinandRichardRepettoAnnandGeorgeMorris

LauraOffuttandSteveFukuchiDanPromisloWhitneyQuesenberyandJohnChesterPaulRabeandCherylGunterFranklynandCintraRodgersJerryandBerniceRubensteinMarilynSanborneandRichardLabowskie*PhilipandSusanSchlegelFrankandCatherineSignorello

MarilynandDeanR.StaatsCorinneStahlHaroldandEmilyStarrDorothyTomassiniDr.andMrs.StephenG.VassoMr.andMrs.HarryW.WoodcockMichaelZuckermanandJanLevine

Listing does not include gifts under $500

Annual Fund Donors 2009/10

GHOST~WRITER

Brian AbernathyNancy Burd

Joy L. De JesúsEllen P. Foster

Matthew GarfieldElizabeth H. Gemmill

Darrel A. German

Carole Haas GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, III

Ronna F. HallJoanne Harmelin

Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D.Steve Heumann

Susan G. Jacobson

Barbara KaplanVirginia Kimmel

Holly KinserRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawley

Amy L. MurphyTerrence J. Nolen

Aaron PosnerCharles H. Rose

H. Hetherington SmithHarvey B. SwedloffLee van de Velde

Diane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

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Peter Pan, 2009/10

Board of Directors 2009/10 David Fryman, President

N. Peter Hamilton, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary

2010/11 SeasonSep 9 - Nov 7 Sep 30 - Nov 7 Dec 1 - Jan 30 Jan 6 - Feb 27 Mar 3 - Apr 3 Mar 31 - May 22 May 4 - Jun 12

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