A R D E N C H I L D R E N ’ S T H E AT R E P R E S E N T S
HANS BRINKER SILVER SKATES
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A world premiere by
LAURA EASON Adapted from the novel by
MARY MAPES DODGE
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Directed by
WHIT MACLAUGHLIN
November 24 - January 31
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ARDEN CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRESENTS
By LAURA EASON
Adapted from the novel by MARY MAPES DODGE Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
DAVID P. GORDON+
ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
THOM WEAVER+
LINDSAY JONES+
Assistant Director
Composer/Musician
T.J. HARRIS
JAY ANSILL Stage Manager
KATE NELSON* Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN November 24, 2015 - January 31, 2016 F. Otto Haas Stage
Special thanks to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company. Applause, please, for our Media Partner: Production Sponsor:
Hans Brinker was comissioned and developed under the Arden’s Indpendence Foundation New Play Showcase
Arden Theatre Company receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. + Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.
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WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director
I come from a big family. 7 kids. And my brothers and sisters were always there for me. Sure, sometimes we fought: we got on each other’s nerves; said mean things; put masking tape down the room and told each other to stay on your own side. But deep down, we always knew that we loved one another: we stopped fighting; the masking tape came up. And no matter what happened, we took care of each other. We had each other’s backs. Terrence J. Nolen
This play is about a family who is having a rough time – as all families do from time to time. What keeps this family going is the kids: Hans and Gretel Brinker. And more importantly, what keeps the family going is how these kids support each other. They have each other’s backs. We can also choose who becomes part of our family. Best friends can become like brothers and sisters. One of the most important thing about having best friends is that you know that they will be there for you. That’s what I love about this story. It is about two kids who are very brave, refuse to give up, have a lot of grit. And together, they are even braver, more hopeful, and more determined. They get on each other’s nerves, but they bring out the best in one another. I think that’s something we should all try to do: surround ourselves with people who bring out the best in us. This play is based on a book that was written by Mary Mapes Dodge in 1865. But the play you are seeing is brand new – you are the first audience in the world to see it. The play is written by Laura Eason, who also writes for a popular television show for adults called House of Cards. The reason I’m telling you this is because I want you to know that very successful writers are writing brand new plays for you to enjoy. Even when we take you to faraway places in our plays – in this case, to a small town in Holland over 150 years ago – we want you to see yourselves in these stories. These stories are for you. Thanks for coming! Enjoy.
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Cast of Characters Hans Brinker...................................................................................... Brian Ratcliffe* Gretel Brinker...................................................................................... Lauren Hirte* Dame Brinker/Katrinka Voss.............................................................Rachel Camp* Raff Brinker/Announcer.......................................................................... Ed Swidey* Doctor Boekman/Carl Voost..................................................... Steven A. Wright* Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven................................. Matteo Scammell Heidi van Gleck....................................................................................... Ciji Prosser
Musician........................................................................................................... Jay Ansill
UNDERSTUDIES: Cassandra Alexander (Dame Brinker/Katrinka Voss), Jordan Dobson (Dr. Beckman/Carl Voost), Tyler S. Elliot (Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven), Emily Fernandez (Heidi Van Gleck), Connor McElwee (Raff Brinker/Announcer), Ned Pryce (Hans Brinker), Joelle Teeter (Gretel Brinker)
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DIRECTOR’S Notes When I meet new people I try to imagine how they live. I picture a house or an apartment, a neighborhood, the furniture, the pictures on the walls. I imagine how they talk to each other, how they interact. I even imagine the smells in their home. Whit MacLaughlin
I can’t help myself. It’s a habit. My initial imaginings stick, so whenever I speak about new friends, I picture them in MY version of
their lives. Until I actually investigate. Over time, I’ve actively checked out my predictions. My new friends never live where I picture them, they don’t talk to each other as I imagine, I get the color of their walls all wrong, their neighborhoods don’t look like what I see in my mind. I’m always wrong. That’s because I only think of what I’ve seen before. I see things in terms of houses I’ve already been in, in terms of movies I’ve seen, books I’ve already read. Other people’s lives are challenging for me to imagine. New people always bring something new to the mix. In many ways they’re unprecedented. It’s very hard to predict what someone else’s life is like, really, without actually seeing, without actually investigating. Maybe that’s what separates us. We can’t imagine how others live until we actually investigate. Heidi does just that in our Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. She investigates. And she begins to empathize with the Brinkers. She sees their plight. She understands, and likes what she finds. Katrinka Vos doesn’t want to take the time. There’s magic in the act of walking in someone else’s shoes. Or in this case, skating in someone else’s skates. Some of the magic in our lives comes when we really take time to understand someone else. That time is a small, but meaningful act of kindness. A gift we can give freely, at any time. It doesn’t cost much. Hope – for us, for our lives, for our fellow beings – is built out of similar magical, and tiny acts of kindness.
Who’s Who RACHEL CAMP (Dame Brinker/Katrinka Vos) Arden: Mrs. Jewls in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Essie in Parade, Natalie in Next to Normal, Celestes u/s in Sunday in the Park with George. Regional: Prudie in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Flat Rock Playhouse); Bess in Fair Maid of the West (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective); Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (Theatre Horizon); The Sincerity Project (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Walnut Street Theater/Riverside Theater). Thanks and love to Whit, Terry, Matthew and this joyful team. Dedicated to all her students. Upcoming: Lobby Hero (Theatre Horizon) and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Arden). LAUREN HIRTE (Gretel Brinker) Arden: Alice in Lookingglass Alice, Sissy Jupe in Hard Times. Regional: Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Actor’s Theater of Louisville); Icarus,The Little Prince, Fedra, Hephaestus, Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre); Lookingglass Alice (Lookingglass Theatre; McCarter; New Victory; Denver Center) Film/TV: Becky in Trust. Training: Theater at the Piven Theater Workshop and Circus Arts at Actors Gymnasium. Great thanks to Laura Eason for these Silver Skates! CIJI PROSSER (Heidi van Gleck) Arden debut. Regional: Sarah in Ragtime, featured Performer in Summer Concert Festival: Broadway Serenade and Winter Musicale (Bristol Riverside Theatre); Harriet Jackson in The Civil War (The Eagle Theatre); 2nd Lady Chorus in Unearthed: A New Musical, Lula Buffington in Violet (Endstation Theatre) Training: Bachelor’s of Music from Liberty University;Young Artist Program at Opera Roanake. Grateful to Whit, Terry, Matt, and the Arden gang, especially Ryan Touhey; love to Cathy and Pete, and of course, J. BRIAN RATCLIFFE (Hans Brinker) Arden debut. Regional: Chorus in Antigone, Hamlet in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Laertes in Hamlet (Wilma Theater); Ray in Red Speedo (Theatre Exile); Prince Hal in Henry IV (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation/Shakespeare in Clark Park) Training: BA in Chemistry from Swarthmore College. Thanks to my supportive family and to this generous and talented cast! Upcoming: Jeff in Lobby Hero (Theatre Horizon). MATTEO SCAMMELL (Peter von Holp/Young Man/Vollenhoven) Arden: Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Wolfgang in Cinderella. Regional: Holden (George & Company); The Hairy Ape (EgoPo Classic Theater); Detroit (Philadelphia Theatre Company); The Adults, Kurt Cobain in 27 (New Paradise Labs); Other Desert Cities (Walnut Street Theatre); How I Learned to Drive (Theatre Horizon); Our Class (Wilma Theater) Film/TV: Traffickers, The Bhakti Boy. Matteo also appears in Red 40 & the Last Groovement every First Friday at FringeArts. Training: BFA from University of the Arts. Upcoming: John in Smoke (Theatre Exile). Thanks and love to my family near and far, love to Lee. ED SWIDEY (Raff Brinker/Announcer) Arden debut. Regional: Antigone, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Hamlet, Under the Whaleback (Wilma Theater); Death of A Salesman, The Lady From The Sea, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (EgoPo Classic Theatre); Bathtub Moby Dick (Renegade Company); Aladdin: A Musical Panto (People’s Light). Training: MFA in Acting, University Of Delaware; BA in Theatre, Boston College. Awards: 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Acting Fellow, 2015 Barrymore Nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ed is also a 2015-16 Wilma Theater Hothouse Acting Company member. Thanks to Whit, Terry, and everyone at the Arden for making my first experience here so lovely. For Alfie, Winky, and Cindy most of all. Upcoming: Playwright/Wahnotee/LaFouche in An Octoroon (Wilma Theater). STEVEN A. WRIGHT (Doctor Boekman/Carl Voost) Arden: Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Regional: Othello in Othello (Curio Theatre Company); Charlie in Death of a Salesman, Paddy in The Hairy Ape, Marat in Marat/Sade (EgoPo Classic Theater); Count Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Renegade Theater Company); Uncle in The Convert (The Wilma Theater); Ensemble/Writer in This Is The Week That Is I-V (1812 Productions); Lovin’ Al in Working (Theatre Horizon); Sunny in Finian’s Rainbow, Raziel in After-Play, Bob Crachit in A Christmas Carol, George in School House Rock (Walnut Street Theatre) Film/TV: The Voice of Philadelphia on Xoxo Philly (Red Tetimer); Training: Franklin Pierce University, New York Film Academy, and Princeton University.
Who’s Who JAY ANSILL (Composer/Musician) Arden: James Joyce’s The Dead, Charlotte’s Web, Grapes of Wrath, Lovers. Regional: The Tempest (La Mama); Winter’s Tale (People’s Light); A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage (DTC/ Roundhouse); The Glass Guignol, Pataphysics Penyeach, Peter and Wendy (Mabou Mines/Lee Beuer) Training: Sundance Fellow and Independence Foundation Fellow; previously Jay has had music performed by the Maryland Symphony, the Western Michigan Symphony orchestras, and by various chamber groups in the US, UK and Spain; Jay is also an acclaimed musician in a wide variety of genres, both professionally & personally, and appears on dozens of recordings as an instrumentalist, arranger and producer. www.jayansill. com LAURA EASON (Playwright) is the author of more than 20 full-length plays, both original work and adaptations, a musical book writer and a screenwriter. Her play Sex with Strangers (Sydney Theatre Company, Australia; Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago) played at Second Stage Theatre in New York and is one TCG’s most produced plays of 2015/16. She is an executive story editor on season four of the Emmy winning Netflix show House of Cards after serving as a staff writer on season two (WGA nomination for Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series) and a story editor on season three. Her new musical, Days Like Today, with music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler, was produced at Writers’ Theatre in Chicago. Her adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; KC Rep) will play at the St. James in London in the fall of 2015. She has received Chicago’s Jeff Award for New Work and Adaptation. In New York, she is a member of Rising Phoenix Rep, an Affiliated Artist of New Georges and an alumna of the Women’s Project Playwright’s Lab. She is an active ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, recipient of the 2011 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Laura is a graduate of the Performance Studies Department of Northwestern University. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Brooklyn, NY. WHIT MACLAUGHLIN (Director) is an OBIE and Barrymore Award-winning director of works for the stage. He serves as Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories, where he has created 20 original works since 1996, including last year’s The Adults. He is a recipient of a 2002 Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in Performance Art. His work with NPL has been presented at the Ontological Theatre, the Connelly Theatre, and PS 122 in NYC, at the Walker Art Center, the Warhol Museum, by commission at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, and at the Prague Quadrennial. He is also the Artistic Director of PAPAYA (PA Performing Arts for Young Audiences) which produces and presents sophisticated performance for audiences of all ages. He has distinguished himself in Philadelphia at the helm of many of the Arden Theatre’s works for young audiences, including Charlotte’s Web, Cinderella, A Year with Frog and Toad, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. His freelance career extends to theatres around the country, including the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. His love of work for young audiences has evolved steadily over the past thirteen years as his twin daughters have grown up. DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) Arden: 33 productions including Equivocation, 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: Equivocation, Passion, Macbeth, La Bête, Parade, A Little Night Music, Cinderella, Tulipomania, Robin Hood, Clybourne Park, Charlotte’s Web,Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Something Intangible, Candide, and Caroline, or Change. Off-Broadway: Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (The 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 Villanova University Department of Theatre. Film/TV: Christmas Dreams. Thanks to Alison and the fabulous Arden staff. Love to Nathan and Theo. www.rosemariemckelvey.com THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 20 productions including Passion, Great Expectations, and Under the Skin. Philadelphia: The Wilma Theater, People’s Light, UArts, Lantern Theater Company, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Curtis Opera Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, New Paradise Laboratories, 1812 Productions, Headlong Dance Theatre, Theatre Exile, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Regional: Chicago Shakespeare, Shakespeare Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatre J, Two River, California Shakespeare Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company. 3 Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), 2 AUDELCO Awards, 3 Helen Hayes nominations. Training: Carnegie Mellon & Yale.
Who’s Who LINDSAY JONES (Sound Designer) Broadway: Bronx Bombers, A Time To Kill. Off-Broadway: Barbecue (Public Theater); Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons); Mr. Joy (LCT3), and many others. Regional; Guthrie, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Goodman, Arena Stage, Chicago Shakespeare, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Mark Taper Forum, Lookingglass and many others. International: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England), as well as productions in Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Scotland. Awards: seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 23 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, two ASCAP Plus Awards, three Drama Desk Award nominations, and many others. Film scoring: HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary) www.lindsayjones.com T.J. HARRIS (Assistant Director) Arden: Assistant to the Stage Manager and Video Operations for Passion, Beauty and the Beast (u/s) Regional: Keyboard for Kiss of Spiderwoman (11th Hour Theatre Company); Music Director/Sir Galahad for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Gerry Evans in Dancing at Lughnasa, Dean Hyde in All Shook Up (Hamilton Gibson Productions) TJ is a performing arts educator and musician throughout the Philadelphia area, including his role as a Teaching Artist at Arden Drama School. Training: Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania; Arden Professional Apprenticeship. Thank you to the Arden for the many experiences! KATE NELSON (Stage Manager) Arden: The Jungle Book, Under the Skin, Great Expectations, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Parade, Ghost-Writer. Regional: Becky Shaw; I Love You,You’re Perfect, Now Change (Montgomery Theater); Cinderella, Six Characters in Search of an Author (People’s Light and Theatre Company). TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic 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 sixteen world-premiere plays. Terry has been nominated for 24 and awarded 6 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden. 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. 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 2008-9 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 great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. 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 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, 63 awards and 307 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater 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) theatre 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.
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Kenney Edward and Alexis Pappas Scott J. Parker Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Ilene Poses^^ Laura and Douglas Pratt Karen and David Pressel Ann and Frank Reed, via the Malfer Foundation Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Cintra and Franklyn Rodgers via the F.L. Rodgers Family Fund Sidney Rosenblatt Mike Salmanson, Tobi Zemsky, and family Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegal Kathleen Sernak Susan and Steven M. Shubert Laura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob Elfant Hether, Don, and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot Barbara and Mike Soroker Anne Speyer Marilyn and Dean Staats Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Debra and Bill Stewart Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey Swedloff Russ Troyer and Anne Cook Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Hope Yursa
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Grounding the Present, Nurturing the Future Members of the Sylvan Society play a significant role in helping the Arden tell great stories that enrich the lives of the region’s adults and children. Contact Lauren Hughes at 215.922.8900 x149 or lhughes@ardentheatre.org.
Thank You to Our Supporters $500-$999 Anonymous Judy Auritt Klein Carol Baker and Mark Stein+ Maureen Barret and Mike Templeton Sheila Bell Christopher and Jeffrey Carver Barbara Cobb Ray Costello* Warren and Kaye Crown Tika Djerassi Carole M. Foley* George and Dona Garrettson+ Charles Gear and Ann Lee Morgan Emily Gerasimoff^ Jeanne Geskes Glenna Huls Barbara and Jerry Kaplan Steven B. King* Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Mary Ellen Krober Drs. Frank B. and Sally Mallory Mary Louise and Gerald Martin Wendy Parsons Cynthia and Samuel Plum Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Robin and Ron Reisman Marilyn Sanborne Karen and Robert Sharrar Mary Beth Simon, in memory of Robert R. and Kathleen K. Sine Gayle and David Smith Naomi and Harvey Spector Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Harold and Emily Starr Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson Stephen and Kathy Thompson Edna and Stephen Vasso Nancy Wingo Thomas and Jackie Zemaitis Joseph and Renee Zuritsky
$250-$499 Carol and Bennett Aaron Howard Aaronson Mr. David Adler Dirk and Charlotte Ave Drs. Rita Axelrod and Howard Naidech Ron and Joyce Bayer Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Richard and Joan Behr Patricia and Tom Bender Peter and Lynne Berman Alden and Linda Blyth Janice and Roger Boe, in honor of Lawrence Mandel Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle Marlin G. Brown* Jessica Calter and Michael Fenton Caroline Castagno Sara and Michael Chernoff Jean Cohen Marc and Margie Cohen Jeff Coon James Crawford and Judith Dean Theresa Dame-Bellasario Thomas and Eileen Davis Michele and Ray Decker Beverly Dotter Jonathan and Ella Edwards Anne Ewers Judith and Paul Farber Jeffrey Farenback-Brateman Ruth Ferber Larry S. Friedman and Dean H. Rishel Paula Fuchsberg Steve Fukuchi and Laura Offutt Dan Gannon Mark Garvin Richard and Rita Goldberg William Goldman Bob and Jan Goren William and Virginia Gormley
Nancy and Richard Grove Betty and Gary Grunder Mary and Bill Hangley Mary Harbison Barbara Hauptfuhrer Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Ronald Herman Richard and Barbara Hirsh Jacqueline Jerrehian David and Beth Medoway Kagan Philip and Marge Kalodner Nancy Kane Phyllis Kauffman Celeste Simon and Brian Keith Kate Kidder Doerr Christina and Harold Klein George Koch and Santo DiDonato Bernadette Koller Marilyn Kraut Peter and Ruth Laibson Ellen Le Richard Lee David and Deborah Lesher Warren and Arline Lieberman David and Kim Lipetz Ben Lovell John and Martha Lubell Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Alexander and Tatiana Lutsik+ Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Missy and Bob McQuiston Madeline Miller and Gordon Leggett Alan and Susan Miller Douglas and Fredaricka Moffitt Theodore and Theresa Munz Jr. Paul Coff and Susan Odessey Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Brenda J. Oliphant Don and Barbara Parman Vincent and Carmen Pezzullo
The Legacy Society Arden 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. Anonymous Peggy Anderson Stanley D. Baurys** Jane Berryman Lou Bluver Mary P. Burr Pearl Carpel Larry S. Friedman and Dean H. Rishel Ellis K. Ginsberg**
Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom James and Suzanne Hill Mary Ellen Krober William A. Loeb Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Madeline Portnoy Dr. Harry Rosenthal Marilyn and Dean Staats Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer
*denotes deceased supporter
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. 149.
Thank You to Our Supporters Valerie and Tal Pipano Dulcie Pomerantz Romm Dr. and Mrs. Sidney and Sandy Portnoy Daniel Promislo Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Alice Reyes and David Glancey Joy Rickabaugh John and Claire Rodgers Daniel and Faye Ross John and Melanie Rowley Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Jane Scaccetti Harold and Sharon Schwalm Antoinette Seymour Joseph and Louise Shaffer Marie and James Shew Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel William Sigmund and Vito Izzo Caroline Simon+ Larry Smoose and Linda Lee Stanton and SaraKay Smullens Wayne Snover Nicholas A. Spennato and Charlotte S. Roede Roy and Corinne Stahl Robert Stewart and Barbara BarnettStewart Helene and William Van Hoeven Tom and Patricia Vernon Lewis and Hella Volgenau Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Donna and Andrew Wechsler Marlene Weinberg Judy and Julian Weinstein Fred and Arleen Weinstein Joann White and William Beckett Matthew A. White* Julie D. Williams M. Jane Williams Theresa and Peter Williams Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodcock Tom Woodward^ Carol and Jeff Yetter Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson $125-$249 Barbara Abrahams Emely Aiken Janet and Roger Alwang Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Jennifer and Stephen Arms Lynda Barness Lynda and Murray Battleman The Rev. Judith Beck Joseph and Lisa Becker Bikki Bevelhymer Jane Biberman Doris and Aaron Bitman Thomas and Ann Blackburn Benjamin and Libby Blank
Allen Bonner Viola Bostic Marcia Bower Eadie and Allan Brooks Ann and David Brownlee Dr. Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Michael P. Buckley Carol Buettger Deirdre Julia Callahan Anthony and Jaque Camp Chip Capelli Scott and Nelly Childress Mary Chomitz Annemarie F. Clarke and David L. Buch Steve and Helene Cohen Dr. Marie Conn Molli and Joe Conti, in honor of Holly Kinser John Cooke Sandra and James Corry Mary Ann and Jacob Dailey F. Mitchell Dana Barbara Daneluzzi Daniel Devlin Mr. and Mrs. Stuart and Diana Donaldson Ellen Dooneief Michael Dotsey Ruby and Angela Dowd Lucille Drake Leah Chaplin and Eileen Gildea Paul and Mary Lynn Ellis Barry and Beth Evans William and Anne Ewing Norma Fabian Adam N. Foxx John and Elaine Frank Kenneth and Cecile Frank Ellen and David Freeman Greg Gephart Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Paul Green Susan Greene and Kathleen Sheridan Robin Greene Rick Greenstein and Claudia Tesoro Bernadette and Edwin Haigh Richard Willis and Linda Hartnett Virginia Hedden Betsy and Ted Hershberg Terry Hirshorn Michael J. Hozik and Margaret L. Rea Kerry Huntsman E. Ashley Izard Jacqueline Jefferson Jervay Trapier Timothy and Carol Johnson Sarah C. and Joe Jordan Bonnie-Ann Brill Keagy, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and Ruth Keating Margaret Keller
Cecilia Keller Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Barbara Kieran Lorraine and David Kilmer Patricia and Charles Kling Steven Knepper Eden Kratchman^ Marilyn Kutler and Ira Silberman David Ladov Joyce Laskin Bob and Mary Lawler Linda L. Lenard Ruth Lesser Bob and Lynn Levitt Craig and Stephanie Lewis Laurel and Robert Lipshutz F. Joseph Loeper, in honor of Holly Kinser Lynn and Joe Manko Glenda Marshall Mary Ellen Marzullo Kathy McMaster Sally Mercer Sandra and Martin Miller Marianne T. Miller Paul and Lee Miller Judith Montgomery Martha Moore Kenneth and Susan Myers Bonnie and Eliot Nierman Etta and Chuck Nissman Paul Coff and Susan Odessey Richard Pariseau Michael and Judy Paul Marcia Paullin John and Judith Peakes Ann and Andrew Perch Martha Platt and Marlis Kraft-Zemel David and Amy Pollack Nancy Post Janet Poth Jennifer Potts John and Margaret Preg Catherine A. Pullen Ms. Aneira Puttaswamy Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Leslie Rescorla and Thomas Achenbach Rachel Reynolds David and Diane Richman Elizabeth R. and William H. Rivers, Jr. Sharon and Mark Robb Bernard and Camille Rosenberg Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg Jerry and Bernice Rubenstein Adelle Rubin Joan Ryder and Robert Ludwig Ruth and Marvin Sachs Joan and Bill Saidel Debbie Schrager Jim Klein and Adeline Schultz Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer Karen Schermerhorn and Evan
Thank You to Our Supporters Seymour Polly Shaffer Lenore and Bernard Sherman Elaine Sherman and Robert Cohan Jim and Cathy Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Roy and Lee Shubert Susan and Charles Shubin James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Toby L. Simon* Bob and Harriet Singer Carleene and David Slowik James Smith Lucinda Smith, in honor of Holly Kinser R. John and Susan Stedman Ruth and Norman Stuessy Joyce Ann Swoyer Linda Traver Lisa Trucksess John Urofsky Emily and Charles Wagner Debbie and Tom Walker Tom and Beth Warms Thomas Watkins Jeannine and David Webber Sharon Weil-Chalker Vivian Weinblatt Leslie and Ellen Welson Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Barbara Wright Sam and Kuna Yankell Dr. and Mrs. Herbert and Carol Zemble $75-$124 Lawrence Abramson David Ardrey Kay and Scott Armstrong Alan and Sandy Ault Dr. and Mrs. Stuart and Elaine Baer Sylva Baker Donald Bakove and Margaret McLaughlin Pamela Barroway Yvonne Bartman Carolyn and George Bassett Eileen Bazelon Flora Becker Timothy Berger David and Nancy Bergman Constance and Richard W. Berman Charlotte Biddle Jocelyn Block Judith Borie Hazel Bowers Frank Boyer Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Beth Brennan, in honor of Holly Kinser Charles Brennan Rosemary Brody, in honor of Holly Kinser Patricia Brubaker
Charlotte E. Cady Ms. Anne Campbell William and Lillian Cassel Alice A. Chittenden Monica Choi Sandra and Jean-Marc Choukroun Saul and Sandra Clair Annemarie F. Clarke and David L. Buch Robert and Sandy Clay Bauer Rhoda Coben Jennifer and Daniel Coffey Henry and Edna Cohen Susan B. Cohen Janet and Richard Conn Janet Cook John Cooke Barbara Cooke Elizabeth Cornman B. Karen Coyne Karen Cuzzolino Daniel Dagle Barbara Daneluzzi Joseph and Helen D’Angelo Michael and Robin Daum Nancy and Michael Davis Emily L. Davis Robert and Bonnie DeAngelo Stephanie and Seamus Deviney Miriam and Samuel Diamond Colleen Donofrio Beverly Dubin Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Geraldine Duclow John Dulik and Sandra Folzer John and Lois S. Durso Sheila Dyan and Charles Gaglia W. Wallace and Joanne C. Dyer Patricia Eames Daniel and Nina Edelman Linda V. Ellsworth Debbie and Jerry Epstein Wendy Epstein and James Steiker Cindy and Fred Farlino Anne and Steven Fassler Dr. and Mrs. Mark Feitelson Milton and Charlotte Feldman Annette Field John and Nancy Fischer Margaret Forgione Sara and Dieter Forster Judy Frank Allyson J. Frank Judy and Richard Franken Ms. Mary Frantz Jim and Fran Frazer Fran Freedman and Jon Blum Allan P. Freedman and Amy Rappaport Michael and Helene Freidman Paula Freilich Brenda Furtak Doug and Jean Gessl Steven and Susan Glauser Peggy Glover
Joan Gmitter Marylyn Goutmann Diane Graboyes Marianne and Donald Green Larry and Ann Green Adele and Bertram Greenspun Priscilla Grosick Marsha Gross and Paul Siegel Robert and Lisbeth Grossman Marcia Halbert Mia Hallet Bernard^ Jessica Dunn Hamilton Ona and Stephen Hamilton Gail Hauptfuhrer Beverly Hayden and James Taylor Angela and Michael Hennessey Colin D. Hennessy and Dr. Jeremy S. Cohen Ruth Herd Susan W Herron Lynn Hewitt Tom and Wendy Hibberd Daniel and Monica Hilferty Morton and Lois Hoffman Donna and Bill Hower Thomas Hurster and Jacqueline Salmon Irv and Janet Hurwitz Peter and Barbara Hutcheon Richard Izard and Helen Angelina Dr. and Mrs. William and Nancy Jantsch Robert C Jones Jennifer Julian Jeffrey Kahn Komal Kapoor and Lowell Fox Sandra Karlson Gail Kass Robert and Ellen Baxter Kavash Elina Kazan^ Margaret Keller Caroline R. Kemmerer Marjorie Epps Kennedy Caren and Brian Kirschner Richard and Marcia Klafter Joanne and Alex Klein Patricia and Charles Kling Ellen Kopeland Ina Li and Michael Kostal Walter Kraft and Deborah Hung Vicki Kramer Melvin and Rhoda S. Kreiner James Kronzer Barry and Janet Kushner Neil Kutner Lisa Lee Anne Silvers Lee Emma Lefkowitz Robert and Joyce Leonetti Maria Lewis Norman and Sylvia Lieberman Barbara and Richard Linde Karen Lisker Linda and Dan Litwin
Thank You to Our Supporters Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Donald and Nancy Maclay Barbara and Bob Maerten Cirel and Howard Magen Theodore and Rowena Mann Bob and Sue Ann Marburg Linda and David Marder Milton and Renee Margulies Mary and Jack Markov Peter and Louise Marshall Kelly Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Rosalie Matzkin Kenneth and Margery Maurer Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Pam and Joe McCormick, in honor of Holly Kinser John McCormick and Ken Schmitt Alice McCreary and David Epler John and Rhoda McFadden Tom and Helen McNutt Barbara Miller Jeff and Maxine Morgan David and Laurel Mosteller John and Margo Nafziger Joan Nerenberg Michelle Niedermeier, in honor of Holly Kinser Andrew Norton Frances Novack Matt and Judy Ochs Judith and James O’Dell Betsy Oliphant Linda Osler Stanton S. Oswald Sandra and John Packel Michael and Judy Paul Robert Peck Elisa Peduto Ellen and Clifford Pemberton Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Claire J Pisapia Jason Pizzi Donald and Carol Plank Stephen Platt and Robin Schaufler Lois and Paul Plotnick Jeff and Elizabeth Podraza
Madeline Portnoy Margaret and Nicholas Potalivo Linda Putnam Erat Linda Quam Barbara Quinn Abi and Craig Reed Eleanor and Joseph Reinhardt Karen and Jon Richter Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill Maxine Rosen J. Randall Rosensteel Michele Ross Alan Rothenberg and Enid Krasner Joan Rozanski Martin and Sue Rubel Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Diane Rurode and Jim Lord Mitchell Russell Bill and Denise Ryan Roberta Sampson Jean Samuels Gerald Satlow and Beth Zatuchni Karyn L. Scher Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mary Ellen and Carl Schneider Jim Klein and Adeline Schultz Deborah Schultz Carleton Schwager Sandra Schwartz Karen and Bob Serenbetz Nancy Seweryn Kathy and Richard Sexton Thomas and Janice Showler Neil and Cheryl Shusterman Jay Snyderman Barbara and Steven Speece Margaret R. Spencer Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Gayle and Ed Sproul, in honor of Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Daniel and Judith Steiker Ruth and David Steinman
YOUR theatre.
Joel and Barbara Stewart Corinne Stone Paul Stone Margaret Sweeney^ Daniel Szyld and Kathleen Ross Susan and Robert Tafel Cecilia Tannenbaum John Tarves Joel and Mary Jane Temple Joseph Terry Letty D. Thall Lorraine Toji Paul Toy Marian Tracey William and Mary Tsiouris Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill April Tvarok Constance Villiers Ian Wachstein and Michele Zeldner Sharon and Paul Waimberg Susan and Tom Walther Beth Brooks and Robert Waterston Nicholas Watts Jenny and Bill Webb Oscar Weber Judy Weinberger Harold Weiner Elizabeth Weinreb Thomas and Dawn Weiss Constance West Harold and Janet Whaling James Wilson Louisa Wilson William 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 September 1, 2014 and November 12, 2015.
YOUR schools.
This year, Arden for All will distribute over 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 14 elementary schools and 95 classrooms.
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Board and Committee Members 2015/16 Board of Directors Brian Abernathy, President Nancy Burd, Vice President Holly Kinser, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Rhonda Ball Rayenne Chen Joy L. De Jesús Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant Steven Engelmyer Jeanne Fisher David Fryman Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel German Albert M. Greenfield, III N. Peter Hamilton Joanne Harmelin Eileen Heisman Richard L. Maimon Dr. Saifuddin T. Mama John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Kristen Phillips Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin The Cornerstone Society Frederick W. Anton, III Gerard J. Conway, Sr. Carole Haas Gravagno Aaron Posner
Board Executive Committee Brian Abernathy, chair Nancy Burd Michael A. Donato Nancy Elfant N. Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Holly Kinser Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Board Development Committee Robert Elfant, chair Brian Abernathy Joy L. De Jesús Michael Donato N. Peter Hamilton Eileen Heisman Holly Kinser Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Elizabeth H. Gemmill Albert M. Greenfield, III Charles H. Rose
Nancy Elfant, co-chair Lee van de Velde, co-chair Rhonda Ball Nancy Burd Anne Cook Robert Elfant Jeanne Fisher Nancy Hirsig Holly Kinser Steve Wolfson Facilities Committee H. Hetherinton Smith, chair Mike Green James Kronzer Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Chris van de Velde Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen P. Foster Elizabeth H. Gemmill Kristen Phillips Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson
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Brian Abernathy, chair Joy L. De Jesús Michael A. Donato Nancy Elfant Ellen P. Foster David Fryman Lee van de Velde The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Teen Council Aidan Cole Maria Bangura Dalia Cousineau Aiden Dooley Alicia Easterday Gia Genovese Andrew Goren Anna Goula Jamara Griffin Caitlyn McCuen Kieran O’Connor Emily Pinsky Eli Russell Becca Walker
Artistic Administrative Management
Managing Director ................................................................................................................................ Amy L. Murphy General Manager......................................................................................................................................... John Grassey Director of Finance and Administration.............................................................................Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager...............................................................................................................Mary Beth Simon General Management Assistant.................................................................................................................Regina Haigh Arden Professional Apprentices...........................Brittany Brewer, Nicole Metas, Alison Pajonk, Ethan Polson, Patrick Ressler, JD Stokely, Kevin White
Marketing
Director of Marketing and Communications...................................................................................... Stephen Rapp Art Director.................................................................................................................................................Kristy Giballa Marketing Manager..................................................................................................................................... Maura Roche Publicist................................................................................................................................................Christine Kozsuch Group Sales Manager.................................................................................................................................Gilberto Vega
Development
Development Director...........................................................................................................................Lauren Hughes Development Manager............................................................................................................................. Mimi Meserve Development Assistant................................................................................................................................. Will Freske
Education
Director of Drama School................................................................................................................. Amanda Morton Director of Education Outreach.................................................................................................................. José Avilés Arden Teaching Artists................................Madison Auch, Kala Moses Baxter, Rachel Beecher, Terry Brennan, Rachel Camp, Taysha Canales, Peter Andrew Danzig, Matt Decker, Mike Dees, Tara Demmy, Eliana Fabiyi, Tom Fosnocht, Terrell Green, T.J. Harris, Alex Keiper, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Matthew Mastronardi, Emily Mattison, Amanda Morton, Bi Jean Ngo, Daniel Park, Cindy Paul, Maura Roche, Jenn Rose, Katie Sink, Jenna Stelmok, Jenson Titus, Harry Watermeier Box Office Manager.................................................................................................................................. Corey Masson Assistant Box Office Manager.................................................................................................................. Tara Bankard House Manager................................................................................................................................................ Kaitlyn Ide Front of House Assistants..................................................................Galen Blanzaco, Ryann Carey, Victoria Daly, Sarah Dugan, Bryant Edwards, Matt Falance, TJ Harris, Eva Rodriguez, Emily Schuman, Jack Tamburri, Corey Wilson, Gilberto Vega
Production
Producing Artistic Director............................................................................................................. Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director.............................................................................................................. Matthew Decker Commissioned Playwrights............................. Greg Banks, James Ijames, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk Casting Associate..................................................................................................................................... Jonathan Silver Artistic Intern........................................................................................................................................ Dani O’Callahan
Front of House
Staff
Production Manager............................................................................................................................ Courtney Riggar Technical Director.................................................................................................................................. Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager...................................................................................................... Jessica Day West Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman.......................................................................................................... Justin Romeo Master Electrician............................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor............................................................................................................................... Alison Roberts Properties Master.............................................................................................................................. Christopher Haig Charge Scenic Artist...................................................................................................................... Kristina Chadwick Stage Managers................................................................................ Alec E. Ferrell, Kate Nelson, Katie Ringwood Assistant Director..............................................................................................................................................TJ Harris Assistant to the Stage Manager.................................................................................................................... JD Stokley Audio Engineer.......................................................................................................................................... John Kolbinski Wardrobe Supervisor...............................................................................................................................Rebecca Rose Carpenters............................................................................................................................... April Tvarok, AJ Garrigus Scenic Construction Intern............................................................................................................................Paula Leite Costume Interns.................................................................Nicole Rothberg, Natalia de la Torre, Stephen Lieboff Props Intern............................................................................................................................................ Scott McMaster Electricians...................................................................................... Amanda Jenson, Emalyn Witter, Michael Lambui Light Board Programmers.................................................... Peter Escalada-Mastick, Maria Shaplin, Jeremy Jason Stitchers........................................................................................................................... Kayla Speedy, Rufus Cottman
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2015/16 Dining Partners
When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden! All offer a special discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details. 2ND STORY BREWING
NICK’S ROAST BEEF BAR AND GRILLE
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BISTRO 7
PINOT BOUTIQUE
7 N. 3rd Street • 215.931.1560 www.bistro7restaurant.com
CAMPO’S
214 Market Street • 215.923.1000 www.camposdeli.com
CHLÖE
232 Arch Street • 215.629.2337 www.chloebyob.com
CONTINENTAL
138 Market Street • 215.923.6069 www.continentalmartinibar.com
CUBA LIBRE
10 S. 2nd Street • 215.627.0666 www.cubalibrerestaurant.com
227 Market Street • 215.627.WINE www.pinotboutique.com
THE PLOUGH & THE STARS 123 Chestnut Street • 215.733.0300 www.ploughstars.com
POSITANO COAST BY ALDO LAMBERTI
212 Walnut Street 2nd Floor • 215.238.0499 www.positanocoast.net
RACE STREET CAFÉ
208 Race Street • 215.627.6181 www.racestreetcafe.net
SWISS HAUS
313 Market Street • 267.457.3262 www.swisshausbakery.com
FORK
306 Market Street • 215.625.9425 www.forkrestaurant.com
THE FRANKLIN FOUNTAIN
116 Market Street • 215.627.1899 www.franklinfountain.com
LUNA CAFE
SHANE CONFECTIONERY
110 Market Street • 215.922.1048 www.shanecandies.com
WEDGE + FIG
160 N. 3rd Street • 267.603.3090 www.wedgeandfig.com
317 Market Street • 215.309.3140 www.lunaphilly.com
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Dec 11 - Jan 3 Arts Bank Theater Broad & South Sts, Philadelphia Join Peter on an exciting adventure and watch these classic stories come to life! TICKETS at enchantmenttheatre.org $16 Child / $29 Adult / $25 Student, Senior
COMING THIS SPRING: THE AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES At the Arden, one of our favorite things to do each year is find stories to tell on our stage for kids just like you. Sometimes we choose our favorite books to put on stage – like Sideway Stories from Wayside School and The Cat in the Hat. Sometimes we imagine new ways to tell classic stories that we all know – like Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. And sometimes we write new versions of those stories – like The Jungle Book – and you get to be the very first audience to see it! This spring we’re going to tell a story called The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. It is based on a book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith (if you like to read, we recommend that you check out the book. The illustrations are awesome). This story takes a lot of fairy tale characters that you may already know – Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Chicken Little and the Ugly Duckling – and brings them together to make a play, led by Jack (of “and the Beanstalk” fame) as the narrator. But their production goes horribly wrong when the Table of Contents goes missing, Jack’s Giant shows up and threatens to eat everybody, and the stinkiest fairy tale character of them all – the Stinky Cheese Man – walks into the room and really smells up the place. This show is wacky, full of fun songs, and super gross – we think you’re really going to like it. It also has some of our favorite actors in the show. Doug Hara, who played the Cat in The Cat in the Hat and the Cricket in Pinocchio, will be playing Jack. Rachel Camp, who was Mrs. Jewls in Sideway Stories and who is playing Dame Brinker and Katrinka in Hans Brinker, will be playing Little Red Ridinghood. Leah Walton and Brandon Pierce, who were the Goose and Avery in Charlotte’s Web are also in the cast, along with a new friend of ours named Scott Sheppard who will be playing the odorous Stinky Cheese Man. Be sure to check out The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales when it starts performances next April. We can’t wait for you to see it. Doug Hara in The Cat in the Hat
April 15 - June 21 Brandon Pierce in Charlotte’s Web
Rachel Camp in Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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