Category: 2012/13
Endgame – Director’s Notes
By Edward Sobel, Associate Artistic Director I first fell in love with the work of Samuel Beckett when I was in college. At eighteen, what I perceived as aridly funny nihilism…
Read MoreA special message from Jeff Coon
In November, we celebrated our 25th Anniversary at a special concert. Many artists shared stories of what makes the Arden important to them. We thought you’d like to see what actor Jeff…
Read MoreDirecting Endgame – What’s the Story?
By Edward Sobel, >pharm Associate Artistic Director A critic once described Samuel Beckett’s two-act masterpiece Waiting for Godot as “Nothing happens. Twice.” Understandable, but not correct. A careful reading, and…
Read MoreCinderella – Backstage Photos
By Benjamin Lloyd, cure King Leopold in Cinderella I took these photos during rehearsal of Cinderella. Some are in the rehearsal room; some are from tech rehearsal on stage. I…
Read MoreCinderella – from Script to Stage
By Jon West, Master Carpenter / Assistant Technical Director This may help those who want to learn how a play goes from script to stage at the Arden: How a…
Read MoreOur 25th Anniversary Season Concert
In honor of our anniversary season, we held a one-night-only 25th Anniversary Concert on Monday, November 5th at 7 pm. Celebrating 25 years of Arden musical theatre, this event featured…
Read MoreOpening Night of Cinderella
By Angela DuRoss, Development Director We opened our 15th year of Arden Children’s Theatre with our production of Cinderella on Saturday, > December 1st to a packed house! Nearly 400…
Read MoreDirecting Endgame – Designing Life after Cataclysm
By Edward Sobel, Associate Artistic Director In my previous post I mentioned Beckett’s early drafts of Endgame contained specific information about time and place which he subsequently edited out. In…
Read MoreOpening Night of Freud’s Last Session
By Angela DuRoss, Development Director Freud’s Last Session opened on Thursday, November 1 to a packed house. Members of the Sylvan Society joined together for a cocktail party at Gigi…
Read MoreCreating Freud’s Study
By Chris Haig, Properties Master In 1885, as a young researcher, Freud attended a dinner at the house of the illustrious Charcot in Paris. A letter described the scene to…
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