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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…
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Arden 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…
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The 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…
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A 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…
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Week 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…
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Memorable 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…
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Back 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…
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The 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…
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Arden 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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