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A Tale of a Towel

October 21, 2015

By Brittany Brewer FIRST LAUNDRESS: What would you do with all the money in the world? SECOND LAUNDRESS: What a question. FIRST LAUNDRESS: I know what I’d do. [Pause]. Do…

Inside the Splash Zone – performing Metamorphoses

October 13, 2015

By Krista Apple-Hodge (Aphrodite and others) I know what you’re wondering. And yes, the water is warm. Delightfully, wonderfully warm. As the audience takes their seats in the Haas theatre,…

How to build a pool onstage (or, How I spent my summer vacation)

October 7, 2015

By Glenn Perlman, Technical Director Over the last couple of years, during season planning discussions each spring, I’d heard rumblings about us doing Metamorphoses — or as theatre technicians commonly…

Planning for Sondheim — On Your Feet — With No Light

June 3, 2015

Jonathan Silver was the Producer for the Master Storyteller Award presented to Stephen Sondheim on June 1, 2015. He is also a freelance actor, director, and voice-over artist whose work at…

What is a Sound Designer?

April 14, 2015

Dan Perelstein is the Sound Designer for the Jungle Book. He was also the sound designer for Robin Hood and Pinocchio here at the Arden. Dan works on a lot…

Creating the Macbeth Fights

April 1, 2015

The Arden Theatre at Home Cook Heroes

March 25, 2015

In the case of real-life organ donation, the lights don’t come up. There is no audience to applaud actors and designers. And for the transplant patients waiting for vital organs,…

Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Curse of Macbeth

March 20, 2015

On the first day of rehearsal, >troche Alexander Burns, the director of Macbeth, instructed the assembled cast and crew to hold hands and say the title of play three times,…

Remember the Porter: Updating Shakespeare’s Text

March 12, 2015

Many scholars agree that one of the chief purposes of the Porter’s speech in Macbeth is to give a much-needed comedic breath to a very dark story. Whether this scene…

Teen Arden and the Cabaret of Duets

January 28, 2015

Eli Russell of Teen Arden gives audiences a peek behind the scenes of the Cabaret of Duets, an evening of cabaret which paired professional performers with members of Teen Arden….