Backstage on Opening Night with The History Boys
Two cast members of The History Boys, Jonathan Silver (Timms) and Michael Doherty (Posner), created a backstage video one hour before Opening Night. Watch as they find out how each…
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History Boys Tech, as told in Haiku
By Matt Ocks: Assistant Director for The History BoysTech is the time when everything comes together. Scenery, lighting, video, sound, costumes and actors all become one, and the play we’ve…
Read MoreArden Drama School starts the year with Open House Day
By Maureen Mullin Fowler: Director of Education This past Saturday, the Arden opened its doors up to children and parents for our annual Arden Drama School Open House Day. Fifty-one…
Read MoreThe History Boys Dialect Process
By Hazel Bowers, Dialect Coach for The History Boys When I saw The History Boys on Broadway a couple of years ago, I fell in love with the play, >discount…
Read MoreA Lady Among Boys
By Matt Ocks: Assistant Director for The History Boys. So I know it’s called The History Boys but Alan Bennett’s play has one of the juiciest roles for a woman…
Read MoreWeek Two of History Boys Rehearsals
By Matt Ocks: Assistant Director for The History Boys. In our second week, The History Boys has reverted from a play about history, memory, poetry and teaching to a play…
Read MoreMemorable Teachers
At a recent reading of The History Boys, >prescription we asked friends of the Arden to tell us about a memorable teacher from high school. Check out the stories they…
Read MoreBack to School with “The History Boys”
By Matt Rosenbaum: Assistant Director for The History Boys. The full cast of Arden Theatre’s The History Boys got together for the first time tonight to read through the play…
Read MoreThe Arden kicks off summer with Drama School Camp
Last week (June 22 – 26) we kicked off our series of week-long summer day camps. Forty-five campers, five counselors, and a handful of education interns set up shop at…
Read MoreArden Professional Apprentices, A View from the Trenches: Episode Five
A View from the Trenches: Class 16 reflects on their year as apprentices. The six members of APA Class 16 are in their final days of the apprenticeship. For the…
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