The Arden Blog Category: Apprentices

The Arden Theatre at Home Cook Heroes

March 25, 2015

In the case of real-life organ donation, the lights don’t come up. There is no audience to applaud actors and designers. And for the transplant patients waiting for vital organs,…

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Reflections from an Arden Apprentice

June 19, 2014

Greetings from Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) Laurel Hostak! Last September, >mind I took my first tour of the Arden buildings, tried out my new set of keys, and—most importantly—met six…

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I am an APA

June 28, 2013

Arden Apprentice Class 20 (Laura Barati, Wendy Blackburn, Angela Coleman, Sophie Kruip, Katie Sink, and Jenna Stelmok) created this video for the Arden Professional Apprentice Showcase, which ran June 16…

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Celebrating 20 Years of Arden Professional Apprentices

June 17, 2013

On June 1st, the Arden celebrated the 20th year of the Arden Professional Apprentice program with a reunion of the nearly 100 graduates of the program.  Apprentices from all over…

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Arden Professional Apprentice Showcase – Class 20

June 10, 2013

By Sophie Kruip, Arden Professional Apprentice The Arden Apprentice Showcase is quickly approaching, and we would love for you to come and see what we have come up with! Our…

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Act One: Chicago, the early 1950s – Assistant Stage Managing A Raisin in the Sun

February 11, 2013

By Sophie Kruip, >for sale Arden Professional Apprentice Class 20 We’re just over halfway through the program (four shows down, three to go!) and the final three apprentices who have…

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Supporting First Friday at the Arden

January 31, 2013

By Sophie Kruip, >view Arden Professional Apprentice Class 20 First Friday programming is very officially underway at the Arden  with incredible acts from local musical, >shop dance, and theatre companies…

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Buy a Pie. Feed a Family

November 13, 2012

By Jenna Stelmok, Arden Professional Apprentice Love the taste of homemade pies on Thanksgiving but hate the fuss of making them? Know other people who do? Buying a pie from…

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The Impossible Scene Change

February 6, 2012

By Zach Trebino, Arden Professional Apprentice   What do you do when you’re confronted with the task of converting a home from its 1950s splendor to its state in 2009…

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The Lincoln Man

November 28, 2011

By Ryan Prendergast, Arden Professional Apprentice In the second act of The Whipping Man as Caleb and John prepare for their Passover seder, the elder slave Simon (Johnnie Hobbs, Jr.)…

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