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Cupid Strikes…at the Arden!
Sally Wojcik, the Arden’s Education and Group Services Manager, chats about her and Will Lambrakos, the Arden’s Master Carpenter, wedding plans for August. Following in a long line of Arden…
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A Year with Frog and Toad: A work in progress
Jonathan Ward, Property Master for the Arden, discusses prop design for A Year with Frog and Toad. Since I began working as the property master at the Arden, I found…
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Arden Professional Apprentices, A View from the Trenches: Episode Two
A View from the Trenches: APA Hillary Rea takes us through three days in the life of an APA. Every Thursday I grab a ruler, my cell phone, >sickness my…
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Arden Professional Apprentices, A View from the Trenches: Episode One
A View from the Trenches: APA Bobby Bangert discusses his involvement with the workshop of Dennis Smeal’s new play Meticulous Gentlemen. Last week I had the privilege of spending some…
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Meticulous Gentlemen
Dennis Smeal, literary manager for the Arden, discusses the workshop of his new play, Meticulous Gentlemen. So the name of the play is Meticulous Gentlemen and I wrote the first…
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James Ijames Talks About Playing…James!
Hey All, James here! Yes I’m playing James in James and the Giant Peach and my real name is James. In fact my whole name is James Ijames, how cool…
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My Name is Asher Lev Rehearsals Begin
Aaron Posner, adaptor and director of My Name is Asher Lev, discusses the first day of rehearsals. It was a great first day. I started talking with Chaim and Adena…
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In her own words: Edwina Findley
I first heard about the ladies of Gee’s Bend on Oprah. Talk about the World’s Stage! I was peeled to the television waiting for my Great Aunt, Alice Royal, >ailment…
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Animation with Jorge Cousineau
Jorge Cousineau, Philadelphia’s acclaimed sound and lighting designer, has collaborated with award-winning director Whit MacLaughlin and the rest of the James and the Giant Peach artistic team to create “a…
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