Dear Audience- Yesterday, we said goodbye to the rehearsal room in the Hamilton Family Arts Center and moved to the Haas stage. On our final night in the rehearsal room,…
Read moreDear Audience— Designs for the physical life of the production are moving ahead. We’ve begun “loading in” (building the set, adjusting the light grid, etc). Costumes are also underway. Much…
Read moreDear Audience – Welcome to week four of Three Sisters rehearsal. In a typical Arden rehearsal process, we would be nearing the end of our time in the rehearsal room…
Read more“It is a human story, about people who try to survive every day, and that encounter pain, guilt, and the demons of their actions,” said Batista. “The message is that you have to move forward and make the necessary decisions to get there.”
Read moreAs we rehearse our new production of Three Sisters, we wanted to offer the same opportunity to you that those letters offered Chekhov—a window into a process that can sometimes seem far away. Each Wednesday, we’ll post letters to you on the Arden Blog sharing insights and stories from where we are in the process. Whether you read one a week or all the night before you visit the theatre, you’ll get a sense of how this production of Three Sisters evolves throughout rehearsals and performances.
Read moreIn Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Water by the Spoonful, Odessa (Haikumom) Ortiz uses haiku to help manage the chaos in her mind and focus on the present moment….
Read moreWe opened our latest production, Water by the Spoonful on January 22nd. Sylvan Society members enjoyed a cocktail reception at the Hamilton Family Arts Center, including a delicious cheese spread…
Read morePulitzer-Prize winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes grew up in Philadelphia and used her hometown and her family and friends as inspiration for her award-winning trilogy, of which Water by the…
Read moreBy Sally Ollove, Literary Manager If you liked Sideways Stories from Wayside School, you are in luck! There are two sequels you can read: Wayside School is Falling Down and…
Read moreBy Steve Pacek (Mrs. Gorf, >treat Sammy, Mr. Pickle, Miss Valoosh, Mr. Gorf, Mr. Kidswatter, and Miss Zarves in Sideways Stories from Wayside School) Of all of the characters I play…
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