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Back to School with “The History Boys”

September 2, 2009

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…

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The Arden kicks off summer with Drama School Camp

June 29, 2009

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…

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Arden Professional Apprentices, A View from the Trenches: Episode Five

June 11, 2009

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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The Melmark Players Premiere at the Arden

June 9, 2009

By Courtney Riggar, Arden Theatre Company Production Manager. I recently had the extreme pleasure of working with the Melmark Players on their debut performance of My Fair Lady at the…

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How to Play Poker like a North Dubliner

June 4, 2009

By Sarah Ollove, Assistant Director/Dramaturg/Amateur Cultural Anthropologist. The goal of poker is win all the money in the room by playing as many >hands, or rounds, as it takes to…

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Tickets are $10, unfortunately, racquets are not

May 21, 2009

Jon Ward, Properties Master at the Arden, discusses the tricky prop of Something Intangible. When a play opens at the Arden, the Production Department is the first to kick back…

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How to Speak Like a North Dubliner

May 12, 2009

By Sarah Ollove: Assistant Director/Dramaturg for The Seafarer, and Amateur Cultural Anthropologist. Please note that while many North Dubliners can kiss their mothers with their mouths, the gentlemen of The…

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Building the set of The Seafarer

April 29, 2009

Glenn Perlman, Technical Director at the Arden, discusses the challenging set of The Seafarer. The setting for The Seafarer is a lower-level living room in Ireland, with actors entering from…

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An Interview with Bruce Graham

April 23, 2009

A 10-minute interview with Philadelphia-based playwright Bruce Graham by theatre students from his alma mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Arden Professional Apprentices, A View from the Trenches: Episode Four

April 21, 2009

A View from the Trenches: APA Hillary discusses her experience as a teaching artist for Arden Drama School Spring Break Camp. When I was 12 years old I learned how…

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