Category: 2015/16
How Scenic Design (and Designers) Evolve with Time
By Brian Bembridge In 2003 I was introduced to Arden Theatre Company, because we were bringing a show called Hard Times from Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago to the Arden. Lookingglass is…
Read MoreImprov as Professional Development for Teachers
On an unseasonably warm and rainy late Wednesday afternoon in early February a group of timid yet very excited and curious Philadelphia public school teachers arrived at the Arden’s Hamilton…
Read MoreNavigating the Masculine World of 1959
Emilie Krause writes on the female perspective in Funnyman I fall in love with my characters. I can’t help it. It’s what happens when you spend hours obsessing over someone. I…
Read MoreWhat’s Equivocation about?
It’s London, 1606. William Shakespeare (in the play spelled Shagspeare, or Shag) has just been made an offer he can’t refuse: King James I wants him to write a play…
Read MoreHow to build a pool onstage (or, How I spent my summer vacation)
By Glenn Perlman, Technical Director Over the last couple of years, during season planning discussions each spring, I’d heard rumblings about us doing Metamorphoses — or as theatre technicians commonly…
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