ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

By Conor McPhersonDirected by David O’Connor

By CONOR McPHERSON

Arden Theatre Company presents

Directed by DAVID O’CONNOR

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

THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., in New York.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

May 14 - June 14, 2009

Lighting DesignerJOHN STEPHEN HOEY

Sound Designer JEFF LORENZ

Scenic DesignerDAVID P. GORDON

Costume DesignerALISON ROBERTS

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Applause, please, for our Media Partners:

THE SEAFARER

Honorary ProducersFRED AND EMILY ANTON

Assistant Director/DramaturgSARAH OLLOVE

Stage ManagerKATHARINE M. HANLEY*

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company’s new play development.

Welcome to The Seafarer, the final production of our 2008/09 season.Conor McPherson is one of the great playwrights of our time – a magnificent writer who has a great love of language and a keen understanding of the challenges inherent in being human. And heknows how to tell a wicked good story. We produced ConorMcPherson's The Weir in 2000 and are thrilled to return to his work.

We are immersed in plans for next season. We are holding auditions andhiring designers and finalizing the budget and trying to guess what thisworld will look like over the next twelve months.

This summer, we will embark on our most significant renovation sincewe opened the F. Otto Haas Stage in 1998 – replacing this building's roof. No one knowsexactly how old the existing roof is, but it's been clear for several years now that this wonderful old building needs a very new roof. This building has been good to us. Since wemoved here in 1995, we estimate that over 1.1 million people have attended an Arden production (with over 110,000 this season alone). This building will be our home for manyyears to come, and we are taking steps to ensure that it is properly protected.

We continue to develop the new plays we have already commissioned: a new musical aboutthe 17th century Dutch tulip bulb craze by Michael Hollinger and Michael Ogborn; a play forArden Children's Theatre by Jordan Harrison based on a Hans Christian Anderson story; and aplay by Rogelio Martinez about the disappearance of bees.

We will also commission a new writer to create a new play for us. Commissioning a play is ourway of planting seeds. Our first commission to receive a full production was My Name Is AsherLev by Aaron Posner. Asher Lev was a tremendous success for us this past winter, and I expectthere will be dozens of productions of this play at theatres across the country over the nextfew years. That seed bore great fruit indeed.

In these challenging times, I take pride in the fact that we are continuing to invest in thefuture of this company. When you return in the fall, we will have a new roof over our headsand we will have commissioned a new play. My thanks to the Arden board and to our donorsfor their investment in this company's growth (and to our Facilities Committee and ourGeneral Manager Jenn Peck for getting to know everything there is to know about putting anew roof on a 19th century building). And my thanks to you for being part of the Arden community.

Thank you for joining us for Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. I look forward to welcoming youback in the fall.

Terry

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Ivan Curry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Lawton*

Richard Harkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Russell*

Mr. Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Wood*

James “Sharky” Harkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Zielinski *

A house in North DublinAct One - Christmas Eve morning and late afternoon

Act Two - Late Christmas Eve night

UNDERSTUDIESAdam Altman, Ted Ford, Ben Kendall, Edmund Sabato, Richard Sonne

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CAST

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He knows not,

Who lives most easily on land, how I

Have spent my winter on the ice-cold sea,

Wretched and anxious, in the paths of exile,

Lacking dear friends, hung round by icicles,

While hail flew past in showers.

- from “The Seafarer,” c. 795 CE, author unknown, translated by Richard Hamer

“The Seafarer” is named after a millennia old Anglo-Saxon poem where a dying man recounts his life inexile on the sea. He speaks of absolute aloneness, with only the howling wind and crashing waves andcries of birds to keep him company. He is cold, unloved, forgotten.

It is hard for me to imagine that kind of alone. Even as I write this, locked in my house, there are children's voices outside, cars passing and my dog lying next to me. I could turn on the radio, click overto write and read emails, or reach into my pocket and pull out my cell phone. I am steps away from hundreds of stories and articles, little slices of human experience that I could lose myself in. Every time Ibegin to feel alone, I think a certain terror comes over me, but I easily reach out and make some sort ofconnection.

But here is a situation where I feel very alone: It could be a party, music, drinks, and people. But I amunable to make a connection with someone there. It would be rude of me to check my messages, so Isit there and put on a smile. But, I feel alone. That kind of alone is even worse, because it is sort of hopeless. I am watching life happen, but am not part of it.

The struggle for the characters in this play is to combat the feeling of aloneness. Richard has recentlygone blind. He is alone in a new way now, and does everything he can to fight it. Mostly, he drinks. Hisbrother Sharky has come home to take care of him. But the love is broken between these brothers, andeven though they are together, we get the feeling that they are both still very alone.

In the presence of people who love us, we are never alone. With friends and family who we care for andunderstand us, our lives take on greater meaning and there is less fear. Is that why Christmas falls whenit does? So that at the darkest, coldest time of year, we will be with our families and friends, and notalone?

I wonder if the opposite of alone is love.

I hope you enjoy The Seafarer.

David O'Connor

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES

David O’Connor

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Fred and Emily Anton

Frederick W. Anton, III is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, an organization that is proud to be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Mr. Anton has been a supporter of the Arden since 1990 when the Arden created St. Stephen's Alley at 10th and LudlowStreets, next door to PMA's headquarters in the former Federal Reserve Bank Building at 925Chestnut Street. During that time, he founded and hosted the Arden's Leadership Night, an annualadvocacy event that introduced leaders of this region to the Arden's plays and programming.These Leadership events play a key role in broadening the Arden's base of supporters. ManyArden Board members and supporters – including former Board President Lee van de Velde – were first introduced to the Arden through these events. During those St. Stephen's Alley years,Mr. Anton and PMA generously donated use of a building on Ludlow Street that served as theArden's rehearsal space and set and costume shops. In addition, Mr. Anton played a leadership rolein the Arden's move to our current facility in Old City.

Mr. Anton acknowledges the role F. Otto Haas-the man for whom our mainstage theatre is named– played in his life and career. “Otto was my mentor. He was Chairman of the Board of PMA when Ifirst became President. Otto and I worked together on political action for the betterment ofPennsylvania. We also shared a mutual interest in the arts – first with the Walnut Street Theatreand then for the Arden Theatre Company.”

Fred and Emily Anton are enthusiastic supporters of the Arden and served as the HonoraryProducers of Michael Hollinger's An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf as part of our 20thAnniversary season. Mr. Anton has been an avid fan of Michael Hollinger's plays since we first premiered his work at St. Stephen's Alley. They are proud to serve as Honorary Producers for thisPhiladelphia premiere of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. “This is a great play,” says Mr. Anton,“andEmily and I are excited to help share it with audiences of this region.”

We thank Fred and Emily Anton for their ongoing extraordinary support of the Arden and for theirgreat passion for plays that, as stated in the Arden's mission,“arouse, provoke, illuminate andinspire,” and we congratulate Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association on its landmark centennialcelebration.

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Television credits include: The Sixth Sense, TheHappening, Signs, The Lovely Bones, A Gentleman’sGame, Law & Order, Ed, Hack, and Homicide.

WILLIAM ZIELINSKI (James“Sharky” Harkin) was last seen atthe Arden in Winesburg, Ohio.Regional Theatre includes: Bug(Theatre Exile), Arsenic and Old Lace(Baltimore Centerstage), To Kill aMockingbird (Virginia Stage

Company), Trumbo (National Tour), Lost In Yonkers(Walnut Street Theatre), and Outrage (The WilmaTheatre). Bill is a five-time Barrymore nominee, andwas a member of the Barrymore winning ensem-bles for Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Exile), TheComedy Of Errors (Lantern Theatre), and The LaramieProject (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Film andTV: The Wire, Hack, Shot in the Heart, Buddy GilbertComes Alive and The Lovely Bones. He now lives inAmsterdam with his girlfriend Sara and baby boy Will.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) has designedover 250 productions for theatre and opera, 21 ofthem at the Arden. In Philadelphia, his work has alsobeen seen at the Wilma Theater, PhiladelphiaTheatre Co., Walnut St. Theatre, and many others.Other recent credits include designs in NY for ThePublic Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, ClassicStage Co., and Lincoln Center, as well as regionallyfor Long Wharf, Williamstown, Old Globe,Goodspeed, Huntington, McCarter, LA Opera,Kennedy Center, Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Berkshire and Sarasota Operas. He has received three Barrymore Awards and 10 nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design, as wellas IRNE and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations, and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award.David is a professor of Set Design at RutgersUniversity, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Design) is in her ninthseason as Arden’s Costume Supervisor. She has a BAin Theatre Arts from Rowan University and an MFAin Costume Design and Technology from IllinoisState University. In addition to her staff position,she has designed costumes for numerous Ardenproductions. This season she designed Gee’s Bendand My Name Is Asher Lev. She has worked as a freelance artist for companies including TheatreExile, 1812 Productions and Jeanne Ruddy Dance.

JOE HICKEY (Nicky Giblin) Arden premiere. Last seen in Philly asKenneth Tynan in Orson’s Shadow(PTC). Off-Broadway: Mint Theaterin Fifth Column. Regionally:Caroline, or Change, Three Sisters(Baltimore Centerstage), Doubt

(Virginia Stage Company), Intimate Apparel (ActorsTheater of Louisville/Cleveland Play House), StonesIn His Pockets (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Deathof A Salesman (GEVA Theatre Center ), Boy Gets Girl(Seattle Repertory Theatre). TV: John Adams (HBO),Law and Order (NBC), Gossip Girl (WB). As the WorldTurns, All My Children. Joe would like to thank Justinand Niall for the “Dub” help and his wife Andrea foreverything else.

ANTHONY LAWTON (Ivan Curry)has been acting in Philadelphia for16 years. Favorite roles includeGeorge in Of Mice and Men (WalnutSt. Theater), Gideon in Playland(Wilma Theater), and Coleman inThe Lonesome West (Lantern

Theater). This is Lawton’s third show with directorDavid O’Connor, and his eleventh show at theArden. His original play, The Foocy, garnered fiveBarrymore nominations, including Best New Play,and will be remounted next year at the DelawareTheatre Company.

BRIAN RUSSELL (Richard Harkin)Broadway: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial; The FarnsworthInvention. National Tour: Laughteron the 23rd Floor, The Graduate,On Golden Pond. Many regionaltheatres including Delaware

Theatre Company, George St. Playhouse, SyracuseStage. TV: 30 Rock, Rescue Me, Law & Order. Film:Paper Man, Handsome Harry, Tenderness. Manynational commercials: Charles Schwab, US PostOffice, USGA. Brian lives in New York City with hiswife Dara and daughter Vivian.

GREG WOOD (Mr. Lockhart) It’salways great to be home! At theArden, Our Town, Wittenberg, Opusand others. Recent credits include:Born Yesterday at the Walnut St.Theatre, Rounding Third at CapeMay Stage, and Cyrano de Bergerac

at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Film and

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WHO’S WHO

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WHO’S WHO

JOHN STEPHEN HOEY (Lighting Designer) InPhiladelphia: the Arden, Wilma, People’s Light, Act IIPlayhouse, 1812 Productions, and Walnut Street theatres, the Opera Company of Philadelphia andPennsylvania Ballet. In New York: New York CityOpera, New York City Ballet, and lighting design forthe movie “Center Stage”. Nationally: LucianoPavarotti, Spoletto Festival, Pittsburgh Opera, Actors’Theatre of Louisville and Virginia Opera. Recently:an Independence Fellowship Grant and named toTemple University‘s Theater Department.

JEFF LORENZ (Sound Designer) Nominationsinclude 2005 Drama Desk Award (The FlyingMachine’s Frankenstein at SoHo Rep), 2006 New YorkInnovative Theatre Award (Vampire Cowboys), 2007& 2008 Montreal English Critics’ Circle Award(SaBooge’s Every Day Above Ground and Speak Easy);co-recipient of Best Production 2005 at DublinFringe Festival & a Production/TechnicalAchievement Citation from Talkin’ Broadway forSaBooge’s Fathom. He is a multi-instrumentalist andplays theremin for NYC’s The Pizzas.

CONOR McPHERSON (Playwright)Plays include The Seafarer(Broadway premiere 2007), PoorBeast in the Rain, Port Authority,Dublin Carol (Broadway premiere2002), The Weir (Broadway premiere 1999), St. Nicholas and

This Lime Tree Bower. His plays have been performedacross the U.S., as well as in Ireland, England,Germany, France, Australia, Poland, Italy, Japan,Argentina and Uruguay. He was nominated for theTony Award for Best Play in 2006 for Shining City(Broadway premiere 2006); nominated for the 2002South Bank Show Award for Best Play for PortAuthority; received the 1999 Laurence Olivier Awardfor Best Play, the Evening Standard Most PromisingPlaywright, the Critics Circle Award for MostPromising Playwright and was a finalist for theLloyds Bank Playwright of the Year Award for TheWeir; and was the joint winner of 1997 GeorgeDevine Award and the winner of the MeyerWhitworth Award for Saint Nicholas. Mr. McPherson’sscreenplays include Our Lady of the Forest, Brothers,The Actors, Saltwater (The InternationalConfederation of Art Cinemas Prize), Endgame,I Went Down (Best Screenplay, San Sebastian 1997,selected at Cannes Festival, Edinburgh Festival andSundance Festival) and MacIntyre.

DAVID O’CONNOR (Director) is a Barrymore nominated director and lighting designer, originallyfrom South Eastern Connecticut, but now calls Phillyhome. David earned his MFA in Directing fromTemple University, which brought him toPhiladelphia and to the Lantern Theater, where hedirected “Master Harold” ... and the boys, TheLonesome West, and The Government Inspector, anddesigned lights for Novacento, QED, Skylight andSizwe Banzi is Dead. David also works extensivelywith solo artist Sara Felder, Hedgerow Theatre, PhillyFringe, Philadelphia Young Playwrights and is anadjunct at Temple University. David is married toKaryn Lyman, Managing Director of Lantern Theater,and they are expecting a son any second now.Thanks to Terry and the amazing team at the Arden.

SARAH OLLOVE (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) isexcited to be working at the Arden for the first time.She is a dramaturg and occasional director and hasenjoyed working with such theatres as the ART,Signature Theatre in New York, the Moscow ArtTheatre, and the Lantern here in Philadelphia. Sheholds an MFA in dramaturgy from the ART Institutefor Advanced Theatre Training.

KATHARINE M. HANLEY (Stage Manager) is thrilledto be returning for the closing show of the seasonafter opening it with Candide. Many thanks to thefabulous Arden Staff and much love to Brian, Clara,and Jorge.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is the Producting Artistic Director and co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All MySons, Death of a Salesman, The Grapes of Wrath andHedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd,Pacific Overtures, Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, orChange. Terry directed the inaugural production ofArden Children's Theatre, Charlotte's Web. He hasdirected six world-premiere plays by MichaelHollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, MichaelOgborn's Baby Case, and Bruce Graham’s SomethingIntangible. Terry has been nominated for 19Barrymore Awards for his directing work at theArden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife,Sweeney Todd, Opus, Winesburg, Ohio and Assassins.He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at PrimaryStages in New York City and was nominated for aLucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. Hisshort film The Personal Touch was nominated for anEmmy Award.

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WHO’S WHO

AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) APhiladelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in1988 with Terry Nolen and Aaron Posner. She isespecially proud of the Arden ProfessionalApprentice program and its contribution to thePhiladelphia cultural community. A graduate ofSusquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni AchievementAward. She completed the Executive Program forNonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program ofthe Stanford Graduate School of Business Center forSocial Innovation and National Arts Strategies. Amyhas served on panels for the National Endowmentfor the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council andthe Executive Committee of the League of ResidentTheatres (LORT). Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Centerat Bryn Mawr College.

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988,Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing tolife the greatest stories by the greatest storytellersof all time. We stage five productions each seasonas part of our mainstage series and two productionsthrough Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program.We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, theIndependence Foundation New Play Showcase. TheArden Professional Apprenticeship program trainsfuture theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teachchildren and teens about the craft of making plays.Our access program, Arden For All, makes our workavailable to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer signlanguage-interpreted, captioned and audiodescribed performances and Pay-What-You-Canfinal dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits.The Arden has received six Philadelphia Magazine“Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’sArts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’sChoice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “TheatreCompany of the Year” citations, and 44 awards and211 nominations from the Theatre Alliance ofGreater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards forExcellence in Theatre. Arden Theatre Company, aprofessional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, isa member of the Theatre Communications Group,the League of Resident Theatres, the TheatreAlliance of Greater Philadelphia, GreaterPhiladelphia Cultural Alliance, PhiladelphiaConvention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

I’m writing this article at the end of April. We opened our 30th world-premiere play, SomethingIntangible, last week. Almost immediately, rehearsals for The Seafarer began and we shifted fromHollywood, California to Balydoyle, Ireland. In fact, as I listen right now to Bill Zielinski and BrianRussell’s rehearsing The Seafarer, I ponder the journeys we make. I can’t believe it’s been almostnine months since the odyssey that was Candide. As I muse about the breadth of our travels, Iwanted to share with you some of the real people and places we’re visiting as we search for themost compelling stories to bring to you on our stages.

Much is happening in the world of new play development. Next week, Terry Nolen (our producingartistic director) and I will go to Primary Stages in New York City for a reading of Rogelio Martinez‘snew play Symbiotic Love. Primary Stages is the off-Broadway theatre in New York City that produced Michael Hollinger’s Opus after its world premiere at the Arden. Michael’s play was about a string quartet; Rogelio’s play is about the mysterious disappearance of bees.

It’s interesting that Rogelio, a Cuban-born American, would be captivated by bees. Evidently he’salso interested in outer space (talk about great journeys!) One of his other new plays is calledWhen Tang Met Laika and it’s about the International Space Station. It’s being produced in January2010 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Terry met Rogelio last summer at the PerryMansfield New Works Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. So it took a trip out West to meet aCuban playwright to find an interesting story about bees disappearing in Pennsylvania. Hmmm.

After we find great stories we have to find great actors. Next season’s production Blue Door byTanya Barfield is already half cast. Granted, it is only a two-person show. But the actor who hasjoined the cast brings such strength and integrity and talent that I literally ran around the officecheering when I learned he’d accepted the role. Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. will play the successful mathematician stuck in a sleepless crisis of identity. More great news: Scott Greer’s on board forRomeo and Juliet (no, he’s not Romeo or Juliet.)

Finally, I must share with you the great success of someone else with Arden ties. Jill Scott was anArden Professional Apprentice in 1997. She’s gone on to international success as an R&B singer.Most recently, she stars as Precious Ramotswe in the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agencybased on the books by Alexander McCall Smith. So a Philly native is cast in a TV series set inBotswana based on books written by a Scottish professor.

What a grand journey.

Amy Dugas Brown Associate Artistic Director

Conor McPherson has been hailed by the New YorkTimes' Ben Brantley as,“quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation.” The London Telegraphtook away that qualification, deeming him the “finestdramatist of his generation.” His work has been called“redemptive,”“lyrical,”“unsentimentally compassionate.” At the age of 38, thirteen of his playshave been produced, many of which have enjoyedsuccessful runs on both Broadway and London's WestEnd. He was nominated for a Tony for both TheSeafarer and Shining City, and he won a LawrenceOlivier Award for Best New Play for The Weir. He's alsoa successful theatre and film director and screenwriter.

McPherson grew up in a working-class area in Dublin,Ireland. He enrolled in the University College Dublinand majored in Philosophy and English, going on toreceive a Masters in Philosophy. It was philosophythat taught him,“that what you have to accept is thatyou don't know anything, that you're ignorant, whichis a very liberating place to be” (The Guardian). Whileat college, he discovered David Mamet. “The day Iread Glengarry Glen Ross, that was it,” he said,“I knewexactly what I was going to do.” In 1992, he and a fewfriends founded the Fly By Night Theatre Company inDublin, where he premiered his first plays.

Anyone familiar with McPherson's work will not be surprised by his background in philosophy. He toldthe New York Times that “big questions,” interest him,“eternity, consciousness – they work well in the theater.” He has admitted that he is of the opinion that, "human beings are animals: 90% of our behavior is animal behavior, and we've just got this 10% veneer, the semblance of civilized, rationalchoice. Our thoughts are always trailing around after our appetites, justifying them with language: it'stragic and it's hilarious. That's the picture I put together in my plays: of the animals who can talk, andthink because of that they know everything.”

The seed for The Seafarer, says McPherson, is from Celtic folklore. “There's a myth in County Wicklowabout the Hellfire Club,” he told the New York Times, “It's just a ruin now. But it was a place where theEnglish aristocrat landlords would go and be debauched. The story is that they were playing poker onenight when a stranger knocked and came in. Someone drops a card, and when he bends down to pick itup, he notices the stranger's cloven foot. At that, the stranger disappears. Just when the story's gettinggood, it stops.”

McPherson reportedly wrote The Seafarer in eight months. He has admitted that his work comes from“the unconscious.” He describes his plays as,“coming from the body and your brain is catching up.” Heconfesses that inside him,“there's a nuclear reactor of anxiety constantly churning away, and the productis these plays that pop out every so often."

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PLAYWRIGHT CONOR McPHERSON

Conor McPherson

William Zielinski, Michael Toner and Megan Bellwoar inArden Theatre Company’s production of The Weir, 2000.

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recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno

Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A,recommended by John Otto and Dr. Janet Haas

Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter HamiltonHirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia

FoundationVirginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts

Education Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation

The Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts Foundation

Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999)

Dorothy DelbuenoMarie and Joseph FieldMatthew and Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth GemmillPhoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B,

recommended by Leonard C. HaasBarbara and Leslie KaplanPeggy and Steve Morgan Charles Rose and Mindy Goldberg RoseMonica Horan and Philip RosenthalAnonymous Terry and Amanda Foster Spahr,

through the Betty and Wes Foster Family Foundation

Rosalyn and Stephen WeinsteinJune and Steve Wolfson Family

Foundation

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999)

Mrs. Valla AmsterdamSally and Michael BailinCarol and Tom BeamLois G. BrodskyChip CapelliAnne M. CongdonRobert M. DeverAnn DieboldBob and Nancy ElfantTim and Ellen FosterNarinder and Patricia GargGlenn Gundersen and Susan ManixPaul KellyJosephine KleinAnonymousLee and Christopher van de VeldeSally Walker and Tom GilmoreTed and Stevie Wolf

Bill and Beth LandmanWinnie and Eric LienWilliam A. LoebLarry and Barbara MagidDrs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Lewis R. and Sue Ann MarburgGloria and Dan MarianoJean S. MarkovitzJohn J. McCawley*Andrea Mengel and George A. RitterSeymour MillsteinA.C. MissiasJ. Williams Mills III*Ann and George MorrisEllen and Michael MulroneyAmy L. MurphyRon and Suzanne NaplesTerrence J. NolenMichael Norris and Matt VarratoDiane PalmerThomas Petro and Kristine MessnerDr. and Mrs. Joel PorterAaron Posner and Erin WeaverAnonymousAnn and Frank Reed, through the Malfer

FoundationKurt and Mary-Ann ReissPhyllis and Martin RosenthalMike Salmanson and Tobi ZemskyJane ScaccettiJulianna SchauermanDolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan

SchnallHether, Don and Sarah SmithRichard and Amanda SmootDavid and Daria SpinglerKathleen A. StephensonWilliam K. Stewart FoundationKeith and Jim StrawAdelaide Sugarman and Marshall

GreenbergHarvey B. SwedloffMarguerite V. Rodgers and James H.

TimberlakeEileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin

TuzmanTom and Pat VernonSandy and Michael WaxRichard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto

WoosnamEllen Yin+*Denotes a gift made through The United Way+Denotes a gift of goods or services

The Sylvan Society recognizes individuals who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. Theexceptional generosity of these donors enables the Arden to tell great stories by having theresources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. Sylvan Society benefits bring members closer to our work and deepen their appreciation for the role they play in theArden’s success. To join the Sylvan Society or for more information, please contact Managerof Individual Giving, Angela DuRoss, at 215.922.8900, ext. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499)

Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth IrelandJohn AlchinPeggy AndersonArden Professional Apprentice Class 15Bethany AsplundhJim and Janet AverillSheryl and Allen BarGiséle Sambar BathishIvy BayardSandy and Mickey BernsteinJohn BitmanReggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’NeillLouis BluverJean G. BodinePatty BowmanTony Braithwaite+Bernard Brewstein and Ellen RosenthalDeDe and Tony BrownThomas Burke and Rick FountasLaurada ByersJean Canfield*Priscilla and John F. ClementJeffrey Coon+John and Susan ColemanJoy De Jesús and Jamie ReynoldsBen Dibble+Michael A. Donato and Peter R.

SonzogniDeb Dorsey and Mike GreenJaimie and David FieldJeanne Fisher*Oliver M. FordSandi Foxx-JonesRichard Frey+David and Christina FrymanLou and Rhoda FrymanLinda and David GlicksteinThomas GolabekTerry GraboyesBonnie GrahamMarcy Gringlas and Joel GreenbergChara and John C. HaasDavid and MaryJane HackneyRonna F. and Robert HallMr. and Mrs. Jon HarmelinDon and Lynn Martin HaskinJane and Steve HeumannKaren and Mark Hite Susan Jacobson and Michael GoldenMr. and Mrs. D. Scott and Carol KelleyCaroline KemmererMr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy

NovickHolly KinserKenneth and Eve Klothen

Arden for All is supported by a generous gift from

Virginia & Harvey Kimmel

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$500 - $999Rebecca and John AdamsStan and Lisa AltmanPeter and Lynne BermanRobert and Almut BreazealeDebbie and Alan CasnoffCarol CaswellJames R. Fairburn and David A.

WickardCarole M. Foley*Edith KlausnerAlan and Elaine KlawansKenneth D. KoppleJim and Pat Lockhart CulbertsonDonald J. Martin and Richard

RepettoIris Melendez and Henry R.

Adamczyk, Jr.Stephanie and Michael NaidoffPaul Nutaitis and Robert ClarkBarbara and Don ParmanMichael L and Judy PaulDan PromisloWhitney Quesenbery and John

ChesterPaul Rabe and Cheryl GunterFranklyn and Cintra RodgersMarilyn Sanborne and Richard

Labowskie*Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family

FoundationFrank and Catherine SignorelloHarold and Emily StarrDr. and Mrs. Stephen G. VassoTom and Jackie Zemaitis

$250-$499Charles and Stephanie AndrewsAlan and Sandy AultJoann White and William BeckettRichard and Joan BehrPat and Tom BenderBarry and Marilyn BevacquaMr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn

BirnhakRuth E. BrownBob CarfagnoMr. Joseph CaseyRuth Miller CoxCharles J. CoyleDaniel DevlinSue and Robert EvansAnne EwersMr. and Mrs. Farenback-BratemanShannon and Edward FarmerCharlotte and Mickey Feldman

Craig H. Boddorff*Tony BraithwaiteJoseph and Mary Lou BreidenstineCharles BrennanRobert J. ButeraBarbara CarmineCaroline CastagnoWanna Be a StarMary ChomitzRhoda and Michael CobenDr. W. Robert and Margaret CookCarol CoplandRobert and Frances CorliesSandra and James CorryZoe CoulsonMarta DabeziesDaniel DagleAngelina and Michael DeAngelisRita and Grace DenboEllen DipintoLarry and Pat DixonMarie and Peter DoonerLinda V EllsworthPaul and Adele EpsteinWilliam EwingCynthia Heininger and James

FeeneyMs. Joanne E. FieldsEdwina FindleyDeborah and Martin FishbeinMr. Allan P. FreedmanEllen and David FreemanPaulette and Paul FreemanBuzz and Linda GambleIn memory of Bob GallagherDavid K. GiffordBob and Jan GorenStephen Hamilton*Brian HannaMary C. HarbisonDonald HargreavesSusan HarriesBarbara and Robert HauptfuhrerSusan W HerronMr. Frank HollickArnold and Esther HornJohn Houle and Katherine HaydenTimothy and Carol JohnsonDavid and Beth Medoway KaganLucy KaufmanSheila KesslerSteven and Patricia KingBernadette KollerJoan Kremer and Jim LutherJoan and Marc S. LapayowkerJeff Larsen

Ruth and Andre FerberDan GannonCharles GearTerry GillenSusan GreeneDouglas and Harriet HeathBill HendricksonJim and Carolyn HessingerMr. Philip KalodnerSusan Kellogg and Dick HoffmanPatricia and Charles KlingBarbara and Leonard KlinghofferMarilyn and David KrautMary Ellen KroberRuth and Peter LaibsonBarbara Patterson LobbFrank and Sally MalloryTina MancoLynn and Joe MankoGeorge and Judy McCarthyGloria McNuttLaura Offutt and Steve FukuchiMary and F. Laurence PethickJohn and Pinkie PhilbrickHelen PhillipsRhoda PolakoffSherri and Abe ReichEleanor ReinhardtIrwin C. and Carole M. SaftHarold and Sharon SchwalmJames Akerberg and Larry SimmonsJames L. SmithDrs. Richard and Rhonda SoricelliMarilyn and Dean R. StaatsRobert and Sydney StevensEric Tamulonis and Deirdre GibsonHella and Lew VolgenauMarlene WeinbergFred and Arleen WeinsteinPaul and Barbara Yeagle

$125-$249Howard AaronsonJennifer and Brian Allebach and

FamilyJanet and Roger AlwangNatalie LevkovichJoe and Susan BaltakeJudith BarrettRobert Bauer and Sandy Clay BauerRon and Joyce BayerSusan Becker and Aaron RubinSheila Bell and Thomas DoddsBikki Bevelhymer-ChiangDoris and Aaron BitmanLinda and Alden Blyth

ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09

John and Joanne LawsonRichard LeeKaren LewisRobert and Laurel LipshutzKaren LiskerPerry Watts and Samuel LitwinWill and Sandy LockMike and Helene LoebTed and Ronnie MannRonnie and Larry MargelMary Louise MartinMr. and Mrs. James MataresePatrick and Judith McCoydPaul and Lee S MillerAlan and Susan MillerMartin and Sandra MillerMadeline MillerDaniel P. MonbourquetteEllen MonseesKeith and Liz MosleyKathleen MoyerJerome NapsonEtta and Chuck NissmanAnonymousBrenda J. OliphantLinda OslerStanton and Bernice OswaldSandra PackelAlice and Albert PackmanAnonymousMr. Richard PariseauMs. Sandra PaulJohn and Judith PeakesBob and Leila PeckDavid and Sylvia PerelmanJohn and Margaret PregJoy RickabaughFred RizzoGraham and Betsy Robb in honor

of Lee van de VeldeGeorge and Zara RobertsFrancoise and Louis RollmannDulcie RommFaye and Daniel RossAlan RothenbergDiane RurodeRuth and Marvin SachsBonnie SchorskeJane Beechman and Steven SegalEllen Schwartz SiegelLeslie E. SkiltonCorinne StahlJohn and Susan StedmanRobert Stewart and Barbara

Barnett-StewartKen Sugarman and Robin

Goldfaden in honor of MarshallGreenberg and Adelaide SugarmanAnonymousElaine and Sal TagliareniBob and Tina TateLisa TruckessJohn UrofskyEmily and Charles WagnerRichard and Fenching WainsteinMichael Walraven and Mary Lou

StarlingLeslie and Ellen WelsonChristine WinkelvossBertram and Lorle WolfsonSam and Kuna YankellJoseph and Renee Zuritsky

$75-$124Emily AikenEllen AndersonDr. and Mrs. Anthony J. AndrewsRita AxelrodMay and Ethan BallRon BaronLisa BeckerMichael and Rosalyn BernsteinSydney and Doris BeshunskyThomas H BlackburnMyron and Sharon BlumbergHazel BowersFrank BoyerMichael P. BoyleMr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat

BoyleBeth Brooks and Bob WatersonDavid BrownleeCarol BuettgerKaren Marston and Greg BuzanJohn and Lucille ByrneJohn T. CallariHoward CellLeah ChaplinJennifer CoffeyJohn CondelloSusan CookJames Crawford and Judith DeanKimberly L. Crown*Carole DichterIn Honor of Marjorie DickeyMargaret Chew Dolan and Peter

MaxwellEllen and Max DooneiefBeverly DotterCatherine DoughertyAngela DuRossLois S Durso

Sylvia EgnalJane EisnerLorraine KilmerPaul and Judith FarberMark and Rene FeitelsonMalcolm and Martha FickJohn FischerHolly and Greg FlanaganCamille Focarino and Joseph

DimaioMr. Raymond FordHarriet ForemanDrs. Barbara and Len FrankMs. Judy FrankMr. and Mrs. Kenneth FrankDr. John and Elaine FrankPaula FreilichJoel Gardner and Holly PhelpsEileen and William GemmellStan GibellAlvin GilensDavid GlanceyPeggy GloverMs. Joan GmitterMicki and Larry GoldbergMr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita

GoldbergDr. and Mrs. William GoldfarbGrace Gonglewski and Eric SchoeferKelley A. Grady*Roseanne and David GrantPriscilla GrosickCarl and Helene GumermanJeanne and Murray HalfondLinda Fowler HartnettBeverly HaydenAnonymousGrace HershmanDaniel and Monica HilfertyIsidore and Sharon HoffermanKerry HuntsmanKathleen JacobsAram and Jackie JerrehianSarah C. JordanThomas Lloyd and Jane KampGinny and Len KarabellIra and Linda KatzCynthia KillionGregory KleiberRobert KleinArlene KlineJoel KoppelmanJames KronzerAnne B. LadensonSylvia and Robert LangeSonya Lawrence*

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ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09

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$75-$124 continuedMarlies LevengerMr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie

LewisEdward LichtenbergBarbara and Dick LindeMelissa Lore*Virginia LoweJoan Ryder and Robert LudwigDr. Edward Lundy and Debra ReiffAnonymousWhit MacLaughlin and Catherine

SlusarDonald and Nancy MaclayAnonymousTodd and Susan MaklerPatricia and James MalloyNina and John MantioneLolly MarchantBetty Margolis and Sidney ArensonRichard and Julie MayLinda McAleer and Maitlon RussellFaith J McDowellDeborah McKinley and David RichMarianne MillerDouglas and Fredaricka MoffittLisa and Stephen MoranoJeff and Maxine MorganClaire MoyerKenneth and Susan MyersMr. and Mrs. Gene NichollsBonnie and Eliot NiermanKathy Nolen EdwardsWilliam O’ConnorCarol Ann and Thomas O’LearyBetsy OliphantGerald O’NeillClare and Dwayne OsmanJane G PepperJohn and Victoria PodolskiLeslie and Curt PontzNancy PostShirley and Charles PrestonLinda QuamKeith QuintonMary Jo ReillyLeslie RescorlaClifford Ridley and Betsey HansellDr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew BushkoSharon and Mark RobbClaire RoccoJane A. Rose, CPA/PFSKenneth and Shelley RosenbergJ. Randall RosensteelDr. Harry RosenthalEdwin and Sally Rosenthol

Bernard and Barbara RuekgauerJanet RupertRomayne and David SachsThekla SackstederJoan and Bill SaidelRita and Herbert SalzmanMark SandbergJohn SandsMichael SanyourJames and Anne SauveMr. and Mrs. A. SchmidtMary Ellen and Carl SchneiderRobert and Karen SerenbetzFrances Sheehan and RickGelmanBetty and Arthur ShermanElaine L. ShermanMr. and Mrs. J. Thomas ShowlerRoy and Lee ShubertAbigail and Richard SimkusDavid and Carleene SlowikJason and Danielle SmereczynskiAnonymousRichard and Doranne SmithPhillip and Karen SpikerLeon SteinbergBethy and Vinson StouckSharon and Robert Strochak

Shirley SwerdloffMarion and Richard TaxinPamela ThaxterLinda and Keith ThomsonMarian TraceyCathy J. Toner*Mailin Van Antwerp*Pam VentrellaMartin and Dorothy VogelClifford and Ann WagnerThomas WatkinsSamuel and M. Judith WenzelEdward WilkJohn and Donna and Jenna WojcikAnonymousCarol YetterMr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem*Askold ZagarsFrancis A. ZampielloJoan D. Zeidner*

* Denotes gift made through the United Way+ Denotes gift of goods or services

The list acknowledges donors as of April 22, 2009. Ifyour name has been omitted or misprinted, pleaseaccept our apologies. Notify us by contacting Managerof Individual Giving Angela DuRoss at (215) 922-8900, x. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.Although space does not allow us to list supporterswhose gifts are less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge their contributions.

ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09

Corporate EITC ContributionsBusinesses who support the Arden can receive a

tax credit through Pennsylvania’s EducationalImprovement Tax Credit Program

EITC funds to the Arden directly support our educational outreach programs Arden for All (AFA) and Arden in Class and On Stage (AICOS).

Eligible corporations must do business in the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania and are subject to one or more of the following taxes:

Corporate Net Income Tax Capital Stock Franchise Tax

Bank & Trust Company Shares Tax Title Insurance Company Shares Tax

Insurance Premiums Tax Mutual Thrift Institutions Tax

Personal Income Tax of S Corporation Share holders, or partners in a general or limited partnership

Aqua America, Berwind Corporation, Harmelin Media and Susquehanna Bank have all contributed to the Arden through EITC.

If you are interested in learning more about this programplease contact Associate Managing Director Amanda Ditsky

at (215) 922-8900 ext. 27.

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Board of DirectorsDavid Fryman, PresidentN. Peter Hamilton, Vice PresidentAndrea Mengel, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, TreasurerNancy Hirsig, Secretary

Brian AbernathyNancy BurdKaren ButlerJoy L. De JesúsEllen P. FosterMatthew GarfieldElizabeth H. GemmillCarole Haas GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, IIIRonna F. HallJoanne HarmelinLynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D.Steve HeumannSusan G. JacobsonBarbara KaplanVirginia KimmelHolly KinserRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawleyAmy L. MurphyTerrence J. NolenAaron PosnerCharles H. RoseH. Hetherington SmithHarvey B. SwedloffJoseph A. Tammaro, Jr.Lee van de VeldeDiane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

Board Executive CommitteeDavid Fryman, chairBrian AbernathyMichael A. DonatoRonna F. HallPeter HamiltonNancy HirsigVirginia KimmelAndrea MengelCharles RoseHether SmithLee van de Velde

Board Development Committee Michael Donato, chairPeter HamiltonLynn HaskinLee van de VeldeDiane Dalto Woosnam

Education Committee Sheryl BarMarla DiamondDr. Dennis W. CreedonDr. Carol DombJohn KingJacqueline MatusowIlene MillerJudy PaulIlene Poses

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chairRichard MaimonJohn McCawleyMyles PettengillPaul Thais

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

Personnel CommitteeLee van de Velde, chairDavid Fryman Elizabeth GemmillCharles Rose

Advocacy CommitteeBrian Abernathy, chairDavid GlanceyTerry GillenJulie HawkinsSusan JacobsonHolly Kinser

Institutional Giving CommitteeMichael DonatoDavid FrymanElizabeth GemmillCarole Haas GravagnoJoanne HarmelinJohn McCawleyHether Smith

Strategic Planning CommitteeAndrea Mengel, chairEllen FosterDavid FrymanEllen Yin

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

Special Events CommitteeRonna F. Hall, chairGary BramnickTom BurkeKaren ButlerChip CapelliMichael DonatoNancy ElfantCarmel D. FerrandinoEllen FosterSara FureyDavid HackneyMarlo HallJamie JoffeBarbara KaplanJoanne LawsonKelly LeeBarbara LinkBob MarburgPeggy MorganMichael NorrisBetsy OliphantDolly Beechman SchnallBrian SeamanBill Swoope

2008/09 Honorary Producers’ CircleFred and Emily AntonCarole Haas GravagnoBarbara and Leslie KaplanHarvey and Virginia Kimmel

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Harmelin Media is celebrating our 25thanniversary with the singular purpose

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Proud supporters ofARDENTHEATRE COMPANY

2009 SALONSGet up close and personal with the Arden’s favorite artists! Salons are a lively, intimate way to get the inside scoop while sharing a glass of wine with the regions hottest theatre professionals. Hosted byArden’s Associate Artistic Director Amy Dugas Brown, nothing is off-limits during these fun-filled,provocative evenings at the Arden.

SOMETHING INTANGIBLE Thursday, May 28

Actors Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes,two of Philadelphia’s most dynamic actors,often share the stage. How did they worktogether to create the roles of these twobrothers at odds? How has their onstagerelationship changed as this new workdeveloped from a reading to a full production?

THE SEAFARERThursday, June 11

Conor McPherson’s twisting tale set inBaldoyle, Ireland presents several challengesfor the actors. How do they balance humorand suspense in this story of an out-of-workchauffeur and the mysterious stranger whovisits him? How do they inhabit the livesand language of these men? Join us as BillZielinski and Greg Wood share their experiences.

Salons are held from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Arden.Reservations are encouraged by calling 215.922.1122.

$25 each • $10 for studentsIn addition to the discussion, the ticket price includes a delicious array of hors d’oeuvres generously provided by Whole Foods.

Salon dates and times are subject to change.

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Ristorante Panorama at the Penn’s View Hotel

Front & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 19106

Restaurant Reservations

Call 215.922.7800

Complimentary Parking at Lunch

www.pennsviewhotel.com

Contemporary Italian cuisine and over

120 wines by the glass every day.

Winner of The Wine Spectator Best of

Award of Excellence. Private Wine

Cellar and Reception Rooms available.

Contemporary Italian cuisine and over

120 wines by the glass every day.

Winner of The Wine Spectator Best of

Award of Excellence. Private Wine

Cellar and Reception Rooms available.

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OLD CITY DINING PARTNERS PLUS

Campo’s214 Market Street • 215.923.1000

www.phillyhoagie.comA legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restauranthas been churning out delicious sandwiches since

1947. Order any of the special soups, salads, andsandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll

see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

Fork and Fork: etc306-308 Market Street • 215.625.9425

www.forkrestaurant.comFork continues to set the standard for New American

bistro dining. The fresh, seasonal cuisine reflectsinternational influences with an original twist. Openseven days a week, there is plenty of time before orafter the show to enjoy lunch, dinner, or even just

dessert. Come in to Fork:etc, our gourmet café for aquick and satisfying breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Patou312 Market Street • 215.928.2987

www.patourestaurant.comFrom acclaimed French chef/owner Patrice Rames,

Patou offers a menu ranging from casual hearthbaked gourmet pizzas to the most elegant dishesfrom the Cote D’Azur. City Paper Reader’s Choice

Award “Best New Restaurant”. Visit www.patourestaurant.com for all information.

Q Barbeque & Tequila207 Chestnut Street • 215.625.8605

http://goldcity.comC'mon over. Settle into a rocking chair on our porch.

Order one of our signature Tequila or Bourbon drinks.Breathe in the amazing aromas and relax. You're our

guest now, and were gonna treat you to the bestslow-style Southern barbeque you've ever tasted.

Open for lunch and dinner.

Ristorante Panorama14 N. Front Street • 215.922.7800

www.pennsviewhotel.comFeaturing contemporary authentic Italian cuisine such

as homemade pastas, tender veal and daily seafoodspecialties, Ristorante Panorama is located in the

Penn’s View hotel, Front and Market Streets. The wineprogram offers over 120 wines by the glass, and has

received Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award ofExcellence,” and Philadelphia Magazine’s

“Best of Philly”.

Serrano20 S. 2nd Street • 215.928.0770

A fixture in Old City since 1985, serving internationalfare at neighborhood prices, Serrano is the perfectplace to visit, bring friends and make friends. Afterdinner, move the evening upstairs to the Tin Angel,

our intimate acoustic café. Tin Angel has presented anastonishing array of stars from the world of blues,rock, folk and country, earning a reputation as the

best club of its size in the country.

Triumph Brewing Company117 Chestnut Street • 215.625.0855

www.triumphbrewing.comTriumph Brewing Company is a sophisticated

restaurant & brewery featuring regional American cuisine and hand-crafted freshly brewed beer.

Triumph is located in the heart of Old City.

Looking for a great place to eat in Old City? Try one of these fine establishments. Please be sure to mention you heard about them from us!

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ON STAGEMay/June 2009

*Purchase �eatre Alliance gift certificates, accepted at over 50 theatres across the region!For more information please visit WWW.THEATREALLIANCE.ORG

Improv Comedy: �e N Crowd*�e N CrowdFriday Nights (215) 253-4276

OnStage Philadelphia - PerformingArts Preview NightPlays and PlayersMonday Nights(215) 735-0630

Say Goodnight GracieSociety Hill Playhouse3/25/2009 - 5/31/2009(215) 923-0210

Wooden HeartStages of Imagination4/16/2009 - 5/29/2009(610) 892-8189

Eggs*People’s Light & � eatre Company4/23/2009 - 5/24/2009(610) 644-3500

Much Ado About NothingBridge Players � eatre Company5/1/2009 - 5/16/2009(856) 303-7620

Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest HitsWalnut Street � eatre5/5/2009 - 6/28/2009(215) 574-3550

Respect: A Musical Journal of Women*Act II Playhouse5/5/2009 - 5/31/2009(215) 654-0200

�e Little Dog Laughed*Flashpoint � eatre Company5/7/2009 - 5/30/2009(215) 665-9720

A Stone Carver*New City Stage Company5/7/2009 - 5/24/2009(215) 563-7500

MacbethPhiladelphia Shakespeare � eatre5/13/2009 - 5/24/2009(215) 496-8001

Plain and FancyRose Valley Chorus and Orchestra5/8/2009 - 5/16/2009(610) 565-5010

Seussical, Jr.*Montgomery � eater5/22/2009 - 5/31/2009(215) 723-9984

Grey GardensPhiladelphia � eatre Company5/22/2009 - 6/28/2009(215) 985-0420

Let’s Pretend We’re Married*1812 Productions5/26/2009 - 6/14/2009(215) 592-9560

Avenue X*11th Hour � eatre Company5/28/2009 - 6/21/2009(267) 987-9865BoothActors Net Inc.5/29/2009 - 6/14/2009(215) 295-3694Little Lamb*InterAct � eatre Company5/29/2009 - 6/28/2009(215) 568-8079

�e Meatpackers Book Club*Philadelphia � eatre Workshop5/30/2009 - 6/14/2009(215) 316-1361

Prelude to a Kiss*Arden Club � eatre6/4/2009 - 6/6/2009(302) 475-3126 x4

Cinderella*Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival5/29/2009 - 8/1/2009(610) 282-9455

�e Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)*Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival6/3/2009 - 6/28/2009(610) 282-9455

Wooden HeartStages of Imagination6/2/2009 - 6/5/2009(610) 892-8189

�e Green Show*Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival6/3/2009 - 8/1/2009(610) 282-9455

Leading LadiesFootlighters � eater6/5/2009 - 6/20/2009(610) 296-9245

�e Rose TattooOld Academy Players6/5/2009 - 6/21/2009(215) 843-1109Honk!*�eatre Horizon & �e Centre � eater6/5/2009 - 7/2/2009(610) 283-2230

Oklahoma*�e New Candlelight � eatre6/6/2009 - 7/25/2009(302) 475-2313

�e Heidi Chronicles*�e Ritz � eatre Company6/11/2009 - 6/21/2009(856) 858-5230

Jake’s Women*�e Stagecrafters � eater6/12/2009 - 6/27/2009(215) 247-8881

�e Man Who Came to DinnerChapel Street Players6/12/2009 - 6/27/2009(302) 368-2248

Hysteria*�e Wilma � eater5/13/2009 - 6/14/2009(215) 546-7824

�e Seafarer*Arden � eatre Company5/14/2009 - 6/14/2009(215) 922-1122

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Producing Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrence J. NolenManaging Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. MurphyAssociate Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda DitskyAssociate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Dugas BrownArtistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin ReadArtistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elana BoulosLiterary Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis SmealDirector of Marketing and Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth YeagleMarketing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigael ReedPublic Relations Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janine ZapponeDesign Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristy GiballaEducation Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Mullin FowlerEducation and Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally WojcikManager of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela DuRossManager of Institutional Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt RosenbaumDevelopment Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina MorrisonGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer PeckAssociate General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Beth SimonBusiness Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney SpikerHouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas ChoinackyBox Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn KeilyAssistant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey MassonBox Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Beyer, Thomas Choinacky, Carla Emanuele, Amanda Grove,

Elisabeth Kersey, Michael McElroy, Fred Ott, Ryane StudivantArden Professional Apprentices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Bangert, Katherine Fritz, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche,

Richard Sonne, Gary Thayer Arden Drama School Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeff Coon, Matt Decker, Ben Dibble, Erin Driscoll,

Carla Emanuele, Liz Filios, Larry Fowler, Steve Gravelle,Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Gina Leigh, Michael McElroy,

Steve Pacek, Erin Read, Alison Roberts, Scott Sheppard,Vanda Thomas, Anneliese Van Arsdale, Jon Ward

Arden In Class and On Stage Teaching Artists . . . . . . . Kala Moses Baxter, Jeffrey Coon, Erin Driscoll, Carla Emanuele,Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Danielle Herbert,

James Ijames, Michael McElroy, Sally WojcikInterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Bernaski, Elana Boulos, Kagiso Kesupile-Reed, James YandoliArden Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Markovitz

PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney RiggarTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn PerlmanAssistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Day WestMaster Carpenter/Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will LambrakosProduction Stage Managers . . . . . . Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley, Elana WolffAssistant to the Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby BangertCostume Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison RobertsCostume Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Hope Delfiner, Ashley JohnsWardrobe Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asaki KurumaProperty Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan WardMaster Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin StutzmanSound Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry FowlerAssistant Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily P. ShoreCharge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina ChadwickAssistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica WallaceGeneral Production Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Yang

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THE HISTORY BOYSBy Alan BennettDirected by Terrence J. Nolen

September 24 - November 1, 2009 on the F. Otto Haas Stage

Winner of a Tony Award and Olivier Award, Bennett's international comedy chronicles the final year ofeight clever young history students at a British boarding school in pursuit of sex, sport and admission into Oxford and Cambridge. Two teachers become rivals for the hearts and minds of the boys in this hilarious and provocative new play.

BLUE DOORBy Tanya BarfieldDirected by Walter Dallas

January 14 - March 21, 2010 on the Arcadia Stage

Lewis is a successful mathematics professor whose wife of 25 years has just left him because of his refusalto participate in the Million Man March. So begins Lewis' sleepless night where a series of ancestors visithim and reveal the hardships and victories of their lives. Lyrical, funny and poignant, this two person tour-de-force is a thought-provoking window into the soul of one African American man grappling at theintersection of his own identity and his cultural history.

ROMEO AND JULIETBy William ShakespeareDirected by Matt Pfeiffer

February 25 - April 11, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage

Remember what it feels like to love with abandon and surrender to raw elation? We give you an unadulterated Romeo and Juliet. Come experience Shakespeare's masterpiece, without pretense or gimmick, and tap into the heart of this timeless love story.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGEMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by James LapineDirected by Terrence J. Nolen

May 27 - July 4, 2010 on the F. Otto Haas Stage

Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by Georges Seurat's stunning masterpiece,Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Brimming with beauty and light, Sunday in the Parkcelebrates the power of creation. Jeffrey Coon (Seurat) and Kristine Fraelich (Dot) star in this passionateproduction featuring Sondheim's full orchestrations and a world of “color and light”. Hold on to your hat!

One additional mainstage production will be announced soon and will appear on the Arcadia stage October - December, 2009.