October 22 - December 13

Equivocation

A new play by Bill Cain

Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

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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.

Equivocation is presented by special agreement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York.

This Theatre 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.

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Equivocation was developed at TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA, as part of their New Works Festival and the Ojai Playwrights Confer-ence, Robert Egan, Artistic Director. It was originally produced by Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Bill Rauch, Artistic Director; Paul

Nicholson, Executive Diretor. It was originally produced in New York City by Manhattan Theatre Club, on February 10, 2010 (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer).

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

A new play by BILL CAIN

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN^

Scenic Designer

DAVID P. GORDON+

Lighting Designer

SOLOMON WEISBARD+

Assistant Director

RYANN CAREY

Costume Designer

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

Sound Designer

JORGE COUSINEAU

Fight Director

IAN ROSE

Stage Manager

KATIE RINGWOOD*

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The idea for this play came in 2004 when, during a trip to London, the playwright visited the Tower of London. There, he saw a sign by a rack – a torture device – that read: “No prisoner was ever tortured in the Tower of London because of religion.” Cain is a Shakespearean expert – having founded the Boston Shakespeare Company – and a Jesuit priest. The seed for this remarkable play was planted.

Bill Cain’s work is increasingly being embraced by Philadelphia theatres. How to Write a New Book for the Bible was produced by People’s Light last summer, and he is currently writing a new play for Philadelphia Theatre Company, entitled American Canvas, about the Philadelphian painter

Thomas Eakins. We are thrilled to present the Philadelphia premiere of Bill Cain’s Equivocation.

Next up on the Arcadia Stage is the world premiere of a new play by Philadelphia’s Bruce Graham. Funnyman marks our 4th play by Bruce Graham,having produced Coyote on a Fence, the world premiere productions of Dex andJulie Sittin’ in a Tree and Something Intangible, the play inspired by the Disney brothers. Funnyman will mark the Arden’s 40th world premiere production. We hope you will come see it.

But before that, we will be producing another world premiere, this one for kids: Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates by Laura Eason. Laura is a playwright with a growing reputation – she was recently named one of the top 10-most produced playwrights in the country for this coming season. She also writes for the Netflix series House of Cards. Though Hans Brinker is far from Frank Underwood in so many ways, I share this with you to reinforce that we are committed to bringing the best playwrights to create work for our kids. And Laura is a great playwright. If you have a kid in your life, please come check out Hans Brinker this holiday season. And if you don’t have a kid to bring, you can join the growing number of adults who attend our children’s theatre productions because they are great plays.

But for now, welcome to the Globe Theatre – and to the world of William Shagspeare*.

*William Shakespeare’s name was not consistently spelled any particular way during his lifetime (1564-1616). It appeared as “Shakespere,” “Shakespear,” “Shakspeare,” “Shackspeare,” and “Shakspere”. To complicate things even further, “Shakespeare” spelled his name differently when he signed his own signature. “Shag” is based on Bill Cain’s favorite spelling of the Bard’s name: William Shagspeare.

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Funnyman tells the story of Chick Sherman, an aging vaudevillian star most famous for hav-ing played the Mad Hatter in a movie version of Alice in Wonderland. When the play begins, Chick’s career has been reduced to doing shtick for television commercials – and then redemption appears in the guise of an avant-garde absurdist play in a shabby off-Broadway theatre. Inspired, in part, by Bert Lahr’s decision to play the role of Vladimir in the American premiere of Waiting for Godot, Bruce also draws on his love for, and encyclopedic knowledge of, the great comics of the 20th century in creating the character of Chick Sherman. And what a character he is!

Bruce writes extraordinary roles for actors, which is not surprising since he is also an actor. In fact, when we produced Bruce’s Something Intangible in 2009, all five cast members were recognized with Barrymore Award nominations. Bruce creates deeply-felt, complex charac-ters – and artists and audiences have been drawn to his work.

Funnyman will be directed by Matt Pfeiffer whose Arden directing credits include Romeo and Juliet, A Moon for the Misbegotten and Go, Dog, Go. Matt also directed Bruce Graham’s North of the Boulevard at Theatre Exile. Funnyman is part of a trilogy of plays, the first being Some-thing Intangible (the play inspired by Walt and Roy Disney), about show business. Bruce has already completed a draft of the third play of the trilogy. Stay tuned.

Funnyman is produced as part of a rolling world premiere agreement between Arden and Northlight Theatre, located outside of Chicago in Skokie, Illinois. In recent years, North-light has premiered three of Bruce’s plays: The Outgoing Tide (2011); Stella and Lou (2013); and White Guy on a Bus (2015). This rolling world premiere gives Bruce the opportunity to develop Funnyman with different creative teams for different audiences, providing additional time, resources and perspective. Northlight produced the play this fall, with Chicago actor George Wendt (of Cheers fame) as Chick Sherman. Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones raved that Funnyman is “a shrewdly penned and highly involving affair that captures a moment of mo-mentous change in art, even as it probes the truth that comedians rarely have funny lives.” Audiences embraced the play, and the production extended due to popular demand. A great start for this new play.

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Cast of Characters

Shag .........................................................................................................Eric Hissom*

Richard, doubles as Henry Garnet ............................................ Ian Merrill Peakes*

Nate, doubles as Sir Robert Cecil .........................................................Dan Hodge*

Sharpe, triples as Tom Wintour and King James I .................................. Sean Lally*

Armin, plays the First Priest, Robert Catesby and Sir Edward Coke ......................................... Anthony Lawton*

Judith, Shag’s daughter ................................................................. Campbell O’Hare

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UNDERSTUDIES: Chris Anthony (Nate et al), Adair Arciero (Judith), Jason Cutts (Richard et al),

Anthony Marsala (Armin et al), Kevin Murray (Sharp et al)

Cast of Characters

When I first read Equivocation, I was reminded of David Davalos’ Wittenberg, a new play that we produced in 2008 that posited a coming together of Doctor Faustus, Martin Luther, and young Prince Hamlet at Wittenberg University. Both plays combine history with contemporary humor and storytelling; both riff on literary characters and traditions; and, most importantly, in both plays, the ideas contained within are dazzling. Equivocation is a wildly ambitious play. It is a historical thriller; a discourse on telling the truth in difficult times; and an examination of faith, religion, and redemption.

Equivocation is also a valentine to the theatre. It takes us behind-the-scenes into the rehearsal room – in this case the Globe Theatre – to experience first-hand the act of making a new play. Equivocation captures the mix of magic and mayhem involved in the theatrical process. It also speaks to theatre’s great potential – to the inherent power and possibility of art.

Writing about his play, Bill Cain said, “What real religion means, as well as real art and real family, is ever-widening circles of compassion and inclusion. And Equivocation is about including the excluded.” That’s also an apt description of what theatre does, it includes. It asks us to expand our hearts, our minds, and our understanding of others.

Theatre people are remarkable, as I’ve been reminded daily while working with these actors on this play. They wrestle with ideas, give generously of themselves, and, certainly impressive with this play, learn all those lines. They strive to find the truth and then speak it as honestly as they can. And they do so with no small measure of humor and humility. They have a shared belief, one that fuels and sustains everyone who chooses to make a life in the theatre: that plays can matter.

To all the artists, artisans, administrators, and generous supporters who dedicate themselves to creating “ever-widening circles of compassion and inclusion” – this production is for you.

Doug Hara

DIRECTOR’S Notes

Who’s WhoERIC HISSOM (Shag) Arden: Cyrano in Cyrano; Bill Fordham in August: Osage County; James Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten; Stage Manager in Our Town; Eilert Lovbourg in Hedda Gabler; Adol-phus Cusins in Major Barbara. Broadway: The 39 Steps (National Tour). Regional: Around the World in 80 Days (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Geva The-atre Center, Arena Stage); Life Sucks (Theater J); Body Awareness, Race (Gulfshore Playhouse). Film and TV: Out of Time (MGM); One Tree Hill (Warner Brothers); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (Corsica Productions). Training: MFA from Florida State University’s Asolo Conservatory.

DAN HODGE (Nate et al) Arden debut. Regional: Constable/Williams in Henry V, a solo production of The Rape of Lucrece (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), One in The Three Christs of Manhat-tan (InterAct), Roughman in The Fair Made of the West (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective); Victor in Private Lives (Walnut Street Theatre Company); Clown in 39 Steps (Bristol Riverside Theatre). Directing credits: The Captive, Mary Stuart (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective); Othello (Curio Theatre Company); Hamlet (Hedgerow Theatre). Training: MFA from Old Globe San Diego/USD.

SEAN LALLY (Sharpe et al) Arden: Shere Kahn in The Jungle Book, Robin Hood in Robin Hood, Mike Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten, Crooked-Fingered Jake in The Threepenny Opera, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Regional: Andy: A Popera (The Bearded Ladies and Opera Philadelphia); Death of a Salesman, Gint (EgoPo); Deep Blue Sleep (Found Theater Company); Beauty Queen of Leenane (Lan-tern Theater Company). Directing Credits: This is the Twilight Kingdom (Found Theater Company). Sean is also a founding member of Found Theater Company. I’d like to thank Mom, Dad and SG for all their support.

ANTHONY LAWTON (Armin et al) Arden: 18 productions, including Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet. Regional: George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut Street Theatre Company); Cromwell in A Man For All Seasons, Feste in Twelfth Night (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). In 2005, Lawton wrote and developed The Foocy, which garnered five Barrymore nominations (including Best New Play). Film and TV: Silver Linings Playbook, Unbreakable, Invincible, Hack, Cold Case. Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. For more information on these shows: www.anthonylawtonactor.com.

CAMPBELL O’HARE (Judith) Arden debut. Regional: Avery in Rapture, Blister, Burn (The Wilma The-ater); BethAnne in Spookfish (Neighborhood Fringe Festival); Ellie in The Whale (Theatre Exile). Training: BFA from University of the Arts. Upcoming: Ensemble in The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (Inis Nua Theatre Company); Zoe in An Octoroon (The Wilma Theater). For Trevor, my love.

IAN MERRILL PEAKES (Richard et al) Arden: Macbeth, La Bête, Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Something Intangible, All My Sons, Clybourne Park. Regional: The Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Santa Cruz Shakespeare; Folger Theatre; Shakespeare Theatre Company. Film and TV: Lebanon, PA, Still Standing, Do No Harm, Hack, and Homocide. Ian has been nationally recognized (three Helen Hayes nominations, two Best of Denver Awards, New Hampshire The-atre Award), but proudly makes Philly his home. Awards: 5 Barrymore nominations, 3 Barrymore wins, F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Artist in 2003. For Karen and Owen.

BILL CAIN (Playwright) is the writer of How to Write A New Book For The Bible which premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Bill’s play 9 Circles premiered at Marin Theatre Company, subsequently re-ceived the Steinberg New Play Award, making Bill the only author to receive the award two years in a row. Equivoca-tion received its world premiere production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival directed by Bill Rauch. It was the recipient of the Steinberg New Play Award. Mr. Cain’s play Stand-Up Tragedy earned six LA Critics’ Awards (includ-ing best production and distinguished writing) in its premiere at the Mark Taper Forum before its 1990 Broadway engagement where it received the Joe A. Callaway Playwriting Award. He is the first ever recipient of the Terrence McNally New Play Award from Philadelphia Theatre Company, where he is developing a play called American Canvas. Film/TV: Co-creator/writer/producer of Nothing Sacred (George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Achieve-

ment in Television and a WGA Award for Episodic Drama); Clover (Christopher Award for Artistic Excellence); Thicker Than Blood (Writers’ Guild nomination), wrote and executive produced Everything That Rises, Papa’s Angels. Bill was the writer/executive producer of ABC’s Sounder, which was nominated for two NAACP Image awards, including Best Picture. He worked on the second season of House of Cards and is developing a pilot for FX. He is the founder of the Boston Shakespeare Company, where he was Artistic Director for seven seasons, directing most of the Shakespeare canon. Mr. Cain is also a Jesuit priest.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County, Death of a Salesman, The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler; and such musicals as Next to Normal, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Violet, and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed seven world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 24 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins; and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) Arden: 32 productions including Freud’s Last Session, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Sweeney Todd. New York: The Public Theater,Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre. Regional: The Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Opera: L.A. Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lincoln Center. Awards: 5 Barrymore Awards, Elliot Norton Award. Faculty: Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) Arden: Passion, Macbeth, La Bête, Parade, A Little Night Music, Cinderella, Tuli-pomania, Robin Hood, Clybourne Park, Charlotte’s Web, Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Something Intagible, Candide, and Caroline, or Change. Off-Broadway: Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (New York Theatre Workshop), Freedom Club (The Connelly Theater), When We Go Upon The Sea (59E59 Theaters). Regional: New Paradise Laboratories, 1812 Productions, The Wilma Theater, People’s Light, InterAct, and The Villanova University Department of Theatre. Film/Television: Christmas Dreams. Thanks to Alison and the fabulous Arden staff. Love to Nathan and Theo. www.rosemariemckelvey.com

SOLOMON WEISBARD (Lighting Designer) Arden: Macbeth. Other Theatres: This Golden State (Magic); Rite of Spring (Mar-tha Graham Dance Company); Soldier’s Tale (With Michael Cerveris at Yale/Carnegie Hall); Stones in his Pockets (Yale Repertory Theatre); Men on Boats (Clubbed Thumb); Daniel Alexander Jones’ The Integrator’s Manual (La MaMa); The Homecoming, Cedars, The Lion in Winter, A Class Act (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Christina Anderson’s Hollow Roots (The Public Theater/ Under the Radar Festival); The Pavilion (The Barrow Group); Jitney, Christmas Carol (Drammy Nomina-tion, Portland Playhouse); The Film Society (Keen Company/ Theatre Row). Training: MFA from Yale School of Drama. Member: USA 829. www.solweisbard.com

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) Arden: Passion, Under the Skin, La Bête, Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Parade, A Little Night Music, Next to Normal. Regional: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Seed Folk (Chil-dren’s Theatre Company); When Tang met Laika (The Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Opus (Primary Stages); Language Room, Scorched (The Wilma Theater); The Mountaintop, Grey Gardens, The Happiness Lecture (Philadelphia Theatre Company).

IAN ROSE (Fight Director) Arden debut. International: Riverside Shakespeare, The Bridewell Theatre, MTM Studios. Regional: Interborough Repertory Theater, Whole Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Quintessence Theatre Group, The Wilma Theater. Ian is one of the coordina-tors of the Philadelphia Stage Combat Workshop and an adjunct professor at Temple University. Awards: 2 Barrymore nominations for As You Like It and The Three Musketeers (Quintessence Theater Group). More information can be found on his website: www.ianrosefights.com. Ian would like to thank Terry Nolen and Matthew Decker for this amazing opportunity.

Who’s Who

Who’s WhoJESSICA BEDFORD (Dramaturg) Arden: Under the Skin (Assistant to the Playwright, Michael Hollinger). Training: BA DeSales University, MA Villanova University. Jessica currently serves as Associate Artistic Director at Montgom-ery Theater where she has overseen the Dramaturgy program for five years. She is also a member of the Theatre faculty at DeSales University. Member of Actors’ Equity and the Dramatists’ Guild. Thank you to Terry Nolen for the opportunity to dig into this fascinating, spider’s web of a play.

RYANN CAREY (Assistant Director) Arden: Assistant Stage Manager for Great Expectations. Regional: Assistant Stage Manager for The Shoplifters (1812 Productions). Training: Arden Professional Apprentice, Class 22; BA in Theatre Arts and English Literature from Drew University. Upcoming: Deck Crew for This Is The Week That Is (1812 Pro-ductions). A big thank you to my amazing family, the cast and crew of Equivocation, Arden staff, and especially to Terry and Matt for the incredible opportunity!

KATIE RINGWOOD (Stage Manager) Arden: Passion, A Little Night Music, Next to Normal. Favorite past credits include PSM for the International Tour of 50 Shades! The Musical and regional credits such as Penelope, Hand of Gaul (Inis Nua Theatre Co.) The Long Christmas Ride Home (Azuka Theatre Co.) She was the 2011/12 Mainstage Stage Man-agement Apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre. Proud member of AEA. Love and thanks to Beaner, Joey and the wonderful people who make this crazy life possible.

AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terrence J. 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. Amy serves on the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Theatre Philadelphia. She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council, Theatre Communications Group and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. She has also served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-09 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 great stories by great storytellers — on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five produc-tions 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 the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our in-school arts education program, Arden for All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people and our Arden Arts Education Fund provides scholarships for Arden Drama School classes and camps. The Arden has received eleven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, six City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 62 awards and 307 nomina-tions from Theatre Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) the-atre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Old City Arts Association. The Arden participates in The Barrymore Awards, a program of Theatre Philadelphia.

Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Theatre

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Ronna and Robert HallMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon Haskin and Lynn Martin HaskinJanis R. Hawes and Patrick M. CunninghamCarolyn and James Hessinger^^Jane and Steve HeumannKaren and Mark Hite Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererKount KitHolly KinserJosephine KleinEve and Kenneth KlothenSharon and Joel KoppelmanBeth and Bill LandmanPeter and Emilie Lapham David Lerman and Shelley WallockWinnie and Eric LienRichard Maimon and Susan SegalTina MancoGloria and Dan MarianoJean MarkovitzJackie and David MassariLee Marks and Lisl ZachBarbara and Don MathesonJohn and Amy McCawley*Andrea Mengel and George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasJerome Napson, in honor of Annie Richardson^^Marjorie NeffTerrence J. Nolen and Amy L. MurphyMichael Norris and Matt VarratoDorothy R. Novick and Peter N. KenneyEdward and Alexis Pappas

Scott J. ParkerTom Petro and Kristine MessnerDr. and Mrs. Joel PorterIlene Poses^^Laura and Douglas PrattKaren and David PresselAnn and Frank Reed, via the Malfer FoundationMary-Ann and Kurt ReissCintra and Franklyn Rodgers via the F.L Rodgers Family FundSidney Rosenblatt Mike Salmanson, Tobi Zemsky, and familyEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelKathleen SernakSusan and Steven M. ShubertLaura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob ElfantHether, Don, and Sarah SmithRichard and Amanda Smoot Barbara and Mike SorokerAnne SpeyerMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsKathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationAdelaide Sugarman and Marshall GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffRuss Troyer and Anne CookSally Walker and Tom GilmoreRichard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto WoosnamHope Yursa

To join or for more information, please contact Lauren Hughes,

Development Director at 215.922.8900 x49 or

lhughes@ardentheatre.org.

This year, Arden for All will distribute 6,000 Children’s Theatre tickets to students from economically disadvantaged schools in Philadelphia and Delaware County, PA and Camden, NJ. Our classroom residencies will provide books and lessons taught by Arden staff to 13 elementary schools and 79 classrooms.

Arden for All is made possible through donor support. You can help encourage literacy, and inspire creativity and confi dence in students across our region by making a donation today.

Donate online at ardentheatre.org/support. needs YOU!

Thank You to Our Supporters$500-$999Anonymous Judy Auritt KleinCarol Baker and Mark Stein+Maureen Barret and Mike TempletonSheila BellBarbara CobbRay Costello*Warren and Kaye CrownTika DjerassiCarole M. Foley*George and Dona Garrettson+Charles Gear and Ann Lee MorganEmily Gerasimoff^Shaina and Nathaniel P. Hamilton Jr.National Philanthropic TrustGlenna HulsSteven B. King*Barbara and Leonard KlinghofferMary Ellen KroberDrs. Frank B. and Sally MalloryMary Louise and Gerald MartinWendy ParsonsCynthia and Samuel PlumPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterRobin ReismanMarilyn SanborneKaren and Robert SharrarMary Beth Simon, in memory of Robert R. and Kathleen K. SineGayle and David SmithNaomi and Harvey SpectorHarold and Emily StarrEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonStephen and Kathy ThompsonEdna and Stephen VassoNancy WingoThomas and Jackie ZemaitisJoseph and Renee Zuritsky

$250-$499Carol and Bennett Aaron

Howard AaronsonMr. David AdlerDirk and Charlotte AveDrs. Rita Axelrod and Howard NaidechRon and Joyce BayerSusan Becker and Aaron RubinWilliam BecketRichard and Joan BehrPatricia and Tom BenderPeter and Lynne BermanAlden and Linda BlythJanice and Roger Boe in honor of Lawrence MandelThomas and Mary Pat BoyleMarlin G. Brown*Jessica Calter and Michael FentonChip CapelliCaroline CastagnoSara and Michael ChernoffJean CohenMarc and Margie CohenJeff CoonJames Crawford and Judith DeanTheresa Dame-BellasarioThomas and Eileen DavisMichele and Ray DeckerBeverly DotterJonathan and Ella EdwardsAnne EwersJudith and Paul FarberJeffrey Farenback-BratemanRuth FerberLarry S. Friedman and Dean H. RishelPaula FuchsbergSteve Fukuchi and Laura OffuttDan GannonMark GarvinRichard and Rita GoldbergWilliam GoldmanBob and Jan GorenSusan and Larry Goren

William and Virginia GormleyNancy and Richard GroveBetty and Gary GrunderMary and Bill HangleyMary HarbisonBarbara HauptfuhrerCynthia Heininger and James FeeneyRonald HermanRichard and Barbara HirshJacqueline JerrehianDavid and Beth Medoway KaganPhilip and Marge KalodnerPhyllis KauffmanCeleste Simon and Brian KeithKate Kidder DoerrChristina and Harold KleinGeorge Koch and Santo DiDonatoBernadette KollerMarilyn KrautPeter and Ruth LaibsonEllen LeRichard LeeDavid and Deborah LesherWarren and Arline LiebermanDavid and Kim LipetzBen LovellJohn and Martha LubellDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffAlexander and Tatiana Lutsik+Linda McAleer and Maitlon RussellGeorge and Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttMissy and Bob McQuistonMadeline Miller and Gordon LeggettAlan and Susan MillerDouglas and Fredaricka MoffittTheodore and Theresa Munz Jr.Paul Coff and Susan OdesseyCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyBrenda J. OliphantDon and Barbara ParmanVincent and Carmen Pezzullo

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

We hope you will consider including the Arden in your will or estate plans. To be recognized as a member of the Legacy Society or with questions regarding planned giving, please contact Lauren Hughes, Development Director at 215.922.8900 ext. 49.

AnonymousPeggy AndersonStanley D. Baurys**Jane BerrymanLou BluverMary P. BurrPearl CarpelLarry S. Friedman and Dean H. RishelEllis K. Ginsberg**

Peter Gistelinck and Kim BloomJames and Suzanne HillMary Ellen KroberWilliam A. LoebDonald J. Martin and Richard RepettoMadeline PortnoyDr. Harry RosenthalMarilyn and Dean StaatsGrace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer

Valerie and Tal PipanoDulcie Pomerantz RommDr. and Mrs. Sidney and Sandy PortnoyDaniel PromisloAlan Reinach and Dana PerlmanAlice Reyes and David GlanceyJoy RickabaughJohn and Claire RodgersDaniel and Faye RossJohn and Melanie RowleyIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftJane ScaccettiHarold and Sharon SchwalmAntoinette SeymourJoseph and Louise ShafferMarie and James ShewEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelWilliam Sigmund and Vito IzzoCaroline Simon+James L. SmithLarry Smoose and Linda LeeStanton and SaraKay SmullensWayne SnoverNicholas A. Spennato and Charlotte S. RoedeRoy and Corinne StahlRobert Stewart and Barbara Barnett- StewartHelene and William Van HoevenTom and Patricia VernonLewis and Hella VolgenauMichael Walraven and Mary Lou StarlingDonna and Andrew WechslerMarlene WeinbergJudy and Julian WeinsteinFred and Arleen WeinsteinJoann White and William BeckettMatthew A. White*Julie D. WilliamsM. Jane WilliamsTheresa and Peter WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Harry WoodcockTom Woodward^Carol and Jeff YetterBenjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

$125-$249Barbara AbrahamsEmely AikenJanet and Roger AlwangDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsJennifer and Stephen ArmsLynda BarnessLynda and Murray BattlemanThe Rev. Judith BeckJoseph and Lisa BeckerBikki BevelhymerJane BibermanDoris and Aaron BitmanThomas and Ann BlackburnBenjamin and Libby Blank

Allen BonnerViola BosticMarcia BowerEadie and Allan BrooksAnn and David BrownleeDr. Bernard and Pamela BrownsteinMichael P. BuckleyCarol BuettgerDeirdre Julia CallahanAnthony and Jaque CampSara and Michael ChernoffScott and Nelly ChildressMary ChomitzAnnemarie F. Clarke and David L. BuchRick Greenstein and Claudia TesoroDr. Marie ConnMolli and Joe Conti, in honor of Holly KinserJohn CookeSandra and James CorryMary Ann and Jacob DaileyF. Mitchell DanaBarbara DaneluzziDaniel DevlinMr. and Mrs. Stuart and Diana DonaldsonEllen DooneiefMichael DotseyRuby and Angela DowdLucille DrakeLeah Chaplin and Eileen GildeaPaul and Mary Lynn EllisBarry and Beth EvansWilliam and Anne EwingNorma FabianAdam N. FoxxJohn and Elaine FrankKenneth and Cecile FrankEllen and David FreemanGreg GephartGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferPaul GreenSusan Greene and Kathleen SheridanRobin GreeneBernadette and Edwin HaighRichard Willis and Linda HartnettVirginia HeddenBetsy and Ted HershbergTerry HirshornMichael J. Hozik and Margaret L. ReaKerry HuntsmanE. Ashley IzardJacqueline JeffersonJervay TrapierTimothy and Carol JohnsonSarah C. and Joe JordanNancy KaneBonnie-Ann Brill Keagy, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard RepettoMr. and Mrs. Douglas and Ruth KeatingMargaret Keller

Cecilia KellerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Stephen and Barbara KieranLorraine and David KilmerPatricia and Charles KlingSteven KnepperEden Kratchman^Marilyn Kutler and Ira SilbermanDavid LadovJoyce LaskinBob and Mary LawlerLinda L. LenardRuth LesserBob and Lynn LevittCraig and Stephanie LewisLaurel and Robert LipshutzPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinF. Joseph Loeper, in honor of Holly KinserLynn and Joe MankoGlenda MarshallMary Ellen MarzulloKathy McMasterSally MercerSandra and Martin MillerMarianne T. MillerPaul and Lee MillerJudith MontgomeryMartha MooreKenneth and Susan MyersBonnie and Eliot NiermanEtta and Chuck NissmanPaul Coff and Susan OdesseyRichard PariseauMichael and Judy PaulMarcia PaullinJohn and Judith PeakesAnn and Andrew PerchMartha Platt and Marlis Kraft-ZemelDavid and Amy PollackIlene and Coleman PosesNancy PostJanet PothJennifer PottsJohn and Margaret PregCatherine A. PullenMs. Aneira PuttaswamyKurt and Mary-Ann ReissLeslie Rescorla and Thomas AchenbachRachel ReynoldsDavid and Diane RichmanElizabeth R. and William H. Rivers, Jr.Sharon and Mark RobbBernard and Camille RosenbergKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJerry and Bernice RubensteinAdelle RubinJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigRuth and Marvin SachsJoan and Bill SaidelDebbie SchragerJim Klein and Adeline Schultz

Thank You to Our Supporters

Thank You to Our SupportersWarren and Carole Lee SchwomeyerKaren Schermerhorn and Evan SeymourPolly ShafferLenore and Bernard ShermanElaine Sherman and Robert CohanJim and Cathy ShippenJohn and Maryann ShiversRoy and Lee ShubertSusan and Charles ShubinJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsToby L. Simon*Bob and Harriet SingerCarleene and David SlowikLucinda Smith, in honor of Holly KinserR. John and Susan StedmanRuth and Norman StuessyJoyce Ann SwoyerLinda TraverLisa TrucksessJohn UrofskyEmily and Charles WagnerDebbie and Tom WalkerTom and Beth WarmsThomas WatkinsJeannine and David WebberSharon Weil-ChalkerVivian WeinblattLeslie and Ellen WelsonBertram and Lorle WolfsonBarbara WrightSam and Kuna YankellDr. and Mrs. Herbert and Carol Zemble

$75-$124Lawrence AbramsonDavid ArdreyKay and Scott ArmstrongAlan and Sandy AultSylva BakerDonald Bakove and Margaret McLaughlinPamela BarrowayCarolyn and George BassettEileen BazelonFlora BeckerTimothy BergerDavid and Nancy BergmanConstance and Richard W. BermanCharlotte BiddleJocelyn BlockJudith BorieHazel BowersFrank BoyerJoseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineBeth Brennan, in honor of Holly KinserCharles BrennanRosemary Brody, in honor of Holly KinserPatricia BrubakerCharlotte E. Cady

Ms. Anne CampbellWilliam and Lillian CasselAlice A. ChittendenMonica ChoiSandra and Jean-Marc ChoukrounSaul and Sandra ClairAnnemarie F. Clarke and David L. BuchRobert and Sandy Clay BauerRhoda CobenJennifer and Daniel CoffeySteve and Helene CohenHenry and Edna CohenSusan B. CohenJanet and Richard ConnJanet CookJohn CookeBarbara CookeElizabeth CornmanB. Karen CoyneKaren CuzzolinoDaniel DagleBarbara DaneluzziJoseph and Helen D’AngeloMichael and Robin DaumNancy and Michael DavisEmily L. DavisRobert and Bonnie DeAngeloStephanie and Seamus DevineyMiriam and Samuel DiamondColleen DonofrioMr. and Mrs. Donald and Geraldine DuclowJohn Dulik and Sandra FolzerJohn and Lois S. DursoSheila Dyan and Charles GagliaW. Wallace and Joanne C. DyerPatricia EamesDaniel and Nina EdelmanLinda V. EllsworthDebbie and Jerry EpsteinWendy Epstein and James SteikerCindy and Fred FarlinoAnne and Steven FasslerDr. and Mrs. Mark FeitelsonMilton and Charlotte FeldmanAnnette FieldJohn and Nancy FischerMargaret ForgioneSara and Dieter ForsterJudy FrankAllyson J. FrankJudy and Richard FrankenMs. Mary FrantzJim and Fran FrazerFran Freedman and Jon BlumAllan P. Freedman and Amy RappaportMichael and Helene FreidmanPaula FreilichBrenda FurtakDoug and Jean GesslSteven and Susan GlauserPeggy GloverJoan Gmitter

Diane GraboyesMarianne and Donald GreenLarry and Ann GreenAdele and Bertram GreenspunPriscilla GrosickMarsha and Paul Gross and SiegelRobert and Lisbeth GrossmanMarcia HalbertMia Hallet Bernard^Jessica Dunn HamiltonOna and Stephen HamiltonGail HauptfuhrerBeverly Hayden and James TaylorAngela and Michael HennesseyColin D. Hennessy and Dr. Jeremy S. CohenRuth HerdSusan W HerronLynn HewittTom and Wendy HibberdDaniel and Monica HilfertyMorton and Lois HoffmanDonna and Bill HowerThomas Hurster and Jacqueline SalmonPeter and Barbara HutcheonRichard Izard and Helen AngelinaDr. and Mrs. William and Nancy JantschRobert C JonesJennifer JulianJeffrey KahnKomal Kapoor and Lowell FoxSandra KarlsonGail KassRobert and Ellen Baxter KavashElina Kazan^Margaret KellerCaroline R. KemmererMarjorie Epps KennedyCaren and Brian KirschnerRichard and Marcia KlafterJoanne and Alex KleinPatricia and Charles KlingEllen KopelandIna Li and Michael KostalWalter Kraft and Deborah HungVicki KramerMelvin and Rhoda S. KreinerJames KronzerBarry and Janet KushnerNeil KutnerLisa LeeAnne Silvers LeeEmma LefkowitzRobert and Joyce LeonettiMaria LewisNorman and Sylvia LiebermanWinnie and Eric LienBarbara and Richard LindeKaren LiskerLinda and Dan LitwinLeroy and Ruth LoewensternDonald and Nancy Maclay

Thank You to Our SupportersBarbara and Bob MaertenCirel and Howard MagenTheodore and Rowena MannLinda and David MarderMilton and Renee MarguliesMary and Jack MarkovPeter and Louise Marshall KellyIrwin Matusow and Barbara RudnickRosalie MatzkinKenneth and Margery MaurerLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellPam and Joe McCormick, in honor of Holly KinserJohn McCormick and Ken SchmittAlice McCreary and David EplerJohn and Rhoda McFaddenTom and Helen McNuttBarbara MillerJeff and Maxine MorganDavid and Laurel MostellerJohn and Margo NafzigerJoan NerenbergMichelle Niedermeier, in honor of Holly KinserAndrew NortonFrances NovackMatt and Judy OchsJudith and James O’DellBetsy OliphantLinda OslerStanton S. OswaldSandra and John PackelMichael and Judy PaulElisa PedutoEllen and Clifford PembertonMary and F. Laurence PethickClaire J PisapiaJason PizziDonald and Carol PlankStephen Platt and Robin SchauflerLois and Paul PlotnickJeff and Elizabeth PodrazaMadeline PortnoyMargaret and Nicholas Potalivo

Linda Putnam EratLinda QuamBarbara QuinnAbi and Craig ReedEleanor and Joseph ReinhardtKaren and Jon RichterClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellLorraine RiesenbachLinda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter KrillMaxine RosenJ. Randall RosensteelMichele RossAlan Rothenberg and Enid KrasnerJoan RozanskiMartin and Sue RubelBernard and Barbara RuekgauerDiane Rurode and Jim LordMitchell RussellBill and Denise RyanRoberta SampsonJean SamuelsGerald Satlow and Beth ZatuchniRuth Ann SchlesingerMary Ellen and Carl SchneiderJim Klein and Adeline SchultzDeborah SchultzCarleton SchwagerSandra SchwartzKaren and Bob SerenbetzNancy SewerynKathy and Richard SextonThomas and Janice ShowlerNeil and Cheryl ShustermanJay SnydermanBarbara and Steven SpeeceMargaret R. SpencerPhillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker MartinGayle and Ed Sproul, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard RepettoDaniel and Judith SteikerRuth and David SteinmanJoel and Barbara Stewart

Corinne StoneMargaret Sweeney^Daniel Szyld and Kathleen RossSusan and Robert TafelCecilia TannenbaumJohn TarvesJoel and Mary Jane TempleJoseph TerryLetty D. ThallLorraine TojiPaul ToyMarian TraceyBrenda Freitag and Chet TuthillApril TvarokConstance VilliersIan Wachstein and Michele ZeldnerSharon and Paul WaimbergSusan and Tom WaltherBeth Brooks and Robert WaterstonNicholas WattsJenny and Bill WebbOscar WeberJudy WeinbergerHarold WeinerElizabeth WeinrebThomas and Dawn WeissConstance WestHarold and Janet WhalingJames WilsonLouisa WilsonWilliam A. Zeidner*Rebecca and James Zug

* Denotes gift made through the United Way** Denotes a deceased supporter+ Denotes gift of goods or services^ Includes a matching gift

List represents gifts made between August 1, 2014 and September 23, 2015.

LOOKING TO HOST AN EVENT?CELEBRATING? Why don’t you have your next party at the Hamilton Family Arts Center. Your reception, anniversary, rehearsal dinner, or next birthday party would be a dramatic affair in one of our many unique spaces!

MEETING? Bring your next board meeting, corporate retreat, or annual meeting to the new Hamilton Family Arts Center. We have large rooms, multiple breakout rooms and we provide a unique venue to take your meetings “on the road!”

Email jgrassey@ardentheatre.org for more information.

Board and Committee Members

2015/16 Board of DirectorsBrian Abernathy, PresidentNancy Burd, Vice PresidentHolly Kinser, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, SecretaryRhonda BallRayenne ChenJoy L. De JesúsNancy ElfantRobert ElfantSteven EngelmyerJeanne FisherDavid FrymanElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIN. Peter HamiltonJoanne HarmelinEileen HeismanRichard L. MaimonDr. Saifuddin T. MamaJohn J. McCawleyAmy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenKristen PhillipsCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de VeldeSteve WolfsonDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

The Cornerstone SocietyFrederick W. Anton, IIIGerard J. Conway, Sr.Carole Haas GravagnoAaron Posner

Board Executive CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairNancy BurdMichael A. DonatoNancy ElfantN. Peter HamiltonNancy HirsigHolly KinserCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithLee van de Velde

Board Development Committee Robert Elfant, chairBrian AbernathyJoy L. De JesúsMichael DonatoN. Peter HamiltonEileen HeismanHolly KinserLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Personnel CommitteeDavid Fryman, chairElizabeth H. GemmillAlbert M. Greenfield, IIICharles H. Rose

Engagement CommitteeNancy Elfant, co-chairLee van de Velde, co-chairRhonda BallNancy BurdAnne CookRobert Elfant Jeanne FisherNancy HirsigHolly KinserSteve Wolfson

Facilities Committee H. Hetherinton Smith, chairMike Green James KronzerRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyChris van de Velde

Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chairNancy BurdEllen P. FosterElizabeth H. GemmillKristen PhillipsHarvey SwedloffSteve Wolfson

Strategic Planning CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairJoy L. De JesúsMichael A. DonatoNancy ElfantEllen P. FosterDavid FrymanLee van de Velde

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Teen CouncilMaria BanguraDalia CousineauAiden DooleyAlicia EasterdayGia GenoveseAndrew GorenAnna GoulaJamara GriffinCaitlyn McCuenKieran O’ConnorEmily PinskyEli RussellBecca Walker

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Staff

Producing Artistic Director ............................................................................................................ Terrence J. NolenAssociate Artistic Director ............................................................................................................. Matthew DeckerCommissioned Playwrights ............................Greg Banks, James Ijames, Kait Kerrigan and Brian LowdermilkCasting Associate .................................................................................................................................... Jonathan SilverArtistic Intern ....................................................................................................................................... Dani O’Callahan

Managing Director ............................................................................................................................... Amy L. MurphyGeneral Manager ........................................................................................................................................ John GrasseyDirector of Finance and Administration ............................................................................Courtney Spiker MartinAssociate General Manager ..............................................................................................................Mary Beth SimonGeneral Management Assistant ................................................................................................................Regina HaighArden Professional Apprentices ..........................Brittany Brewer, Nicole Metas, Alison Pajonk, Ethan Polson,

Patrick Ressler, JD Stokely, Kevin White

Director of Marketing and Communications...................................................................................... Stephen RappArt Director ................................................................................................................................................Kristy GiballaMarketing Manager ....................................................................................................................................Maura RochePublicist ...............................................................................................................................................Christine KozsuchGroup Sales Manager ................................................................................................................................Gilberto Vega

Development Director ..........................................................................................................................Lauren HughesDevelopment Manager ............................................................................................................................ Mimi MeserveDevelopment Assistant ................................................................................................................................ Will Freske

Director of Drama School ................................................................................................................Amanda MortonDirector of Education Outreach ................................................................................................................. José AvilésArden Teaching Artists .................................................................. Madison Auch, Rachel Beecher, Terry Brennan,

Peter Danzig, Mike Dees, Tara Demmy, Tom Fosnocht, Terrell Green,T.J. Harris, Alex Keiper, Matthew Mastronardi,

Amanda Morton, Jenna Pinchbeck, Jenn Rose, Katie Sink, Jensen Titus, Harry Watermeier

Box Office Manager .................................................................................................................................Corey Masson Assistant Box Office Manager ................................................................................................................. Tara BankardHouse Manager................................................................................................................................................Kaitlyn IdeFront of House Assistants ..................................................... Cheyenne Barboza, Galen Blanzaco, Victoria Daly,

Sarah Dugan, Bryant Edwards, Eliana Fabiyi, Matthew Falance, Chelsey Gaskins, Laurel Hostak, Eva Fae Rodriguez,

Emily Schuman, Jack Tamburri, Corey Wilson

Production Manager ........................................................................................................................... Courtney RiggarTechnical Director ................................................................................................................................. Glenn PerlmanAssociate Production Manager ..................................................................................................... Jessica Day WestMaster Carpenter/Shop Foreman ......................................................................................................... Justin RomeoMaster Electrician .............................................................................................................................. Martin StutzmanCostume Supervisor .............................................................................................................................. Alison RobertsProperties Master ............................................................................................................................. Christopher HaigCharge Scenic Artist ..................................................................................................................... Kristina ChadwickStage Managers ............................................................................... Alec E. Ferrell, Kate Nelson, Katie RingwoodAssistant Director....................................................................................................................................... Ryann CareyDramaturg ................................................................................................................................................ Jessica BedfordDialect Coach ..............................................................................................................................................Neill HartleyAssistant to the Stage Manager.................................................................................................................Kevin WhiteAudio Engineer ........................................................................................................................................... Adam FoizenWardrobe Supervisor ..............................................................................................................................Rebecca RoseCarpenters ............................................................................................................................. April Tvarok, Flora VassarProps Carpenters .................................................................................. Britt Plunkett, Andrew Beal, Shane DreherElectricians .........................................................................................................................Lucas Nguyen, Jackson KatzLight Board Programmer .........................................................................................................Peter Escalada-MastickStitchers .....................................................................................................Kayla Speedy, Rufus Cottman, Anna LightScenic Construction Intern ...........................................................................................................................Paula LeiteCostume Intern ..................................................................................................... Stephen Lieboff, Nicole RothbergProps Intern............................................................................................................................................ Scott McMaster

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In 1999, the Arden launched the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase with a workshop of Baby Case by Michael Ogborn. That workshop process was extraordinarily productive: songs were cut and new ones written; characters were dropped, others added; the point of view was sharpened; the storytelling strengthened; the new songs were dropped and newer ones created. The workshop process transformed the piece into something we knew we had to produce. In 2001, Baby Case received critical and audience acclaim; it was nominated for 11 Barrymore Awards (receiving 4, including Outstanding Musical), and established Michael Ogborn as one of this region’s most important musical theatre writers. It remains one of the landmark productions in our 28 year history.

Of the 38 world premieres we’ve produced to date, only 5 have been musicals. Why? Developing a new musical is expensive. A musical is intensely collaborative and multi-faceted, with musical arrangements, choreography, and orchestrations. Despite these challenges, we are passionate about musical theatre and creating space for writers to push the boundaries of the art form.

Pairing our passion with dedicated support from the Independence Foundation, the Arden is launching The New Musical Theatre Works Initiative, designed to develop three major musicals over the next three years (2015-2018).

During the 2015/16, we will develop TouchTones, with music by Robert Maggio, book and lyrics by Michael Hollinger. TouchTones is set in the call center of a phone sex operation in 1998, just before the internet explosion. Featuring a remarkable score — Maggio’s music challenges the ear through dissonance, and seduces it with tunefulness, this provocative musical explores the way we use technology in the quest for (and escape from) intimacy. This piece will continue the Arden’s ongoing artistic collaboration with Michael Hollinger, which began in 1994 with An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf.

Along with TouchTones, we are commissioning the second act of Republic, with music by Brian Low-dermilk, book and lyrics by Kait Kerrigan. Based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV (Parts I & II) Republic is set against the political backdrop of 1970’s Northern Ireland. The score is filled with soaring rock anthems, raucous bar songs, and lush Celtic-inflected melodies. With a sweeping story, Republic is a hugely ambi-tious work that straddles the worlds of epic theatre and chamber opera. Both Brian and Kait have a longstanding relationship with the Arden. The pair grew up in the Greater Philadelphia area and have been attending Arden productions since they were young. Brian’s first professional theatre job was at the Arden when he played piano for our workshop of Baby Case. We will workshop Republic in 2016/17 and commission one more musical to feed this pipeline of new work.

The New Musical Theatre Works Initiative will allow us to provide extraordinary writers the resources and support they need to create musicals that continue to advance the art form, engage and inspire audiences, and further Philadelphia’s reputation as an extraordinary community for the creation for new work. We are excited to share these great stories by great storytellers with you.

NEW MUSICALS AT THE ARDEN

Baby Case

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PREVIOUS NEW MUSICALS DEVELOPED AT THE ARDEN:

THE HARD PROBLEMby Tom Stoppard

directed by Blanka ZizkaJanuary 6 – February 6, 2016

“A rich, ideas-packed work that offers a defense of goodness whatever its ultimate source.” – The Guardian

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Based on the book by JON SEIESZKA and LANE SMITH

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Apr 6 - Jun 12

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