Category: General

Arden Summer Interns Reach Out to CHOP

By Najyha and Isabella The Arden gives away books every year to students who participate in our Arden For All elementary arts education program. At the end of the year,…

Serving the Score

“Serving the Score” by Ryan Touhy, Music Director for The Secret Garden  “Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new. Give us more to see”…

How to Turn a Soda Bottle into a Landscape

By Bryant Edwards Sometimes sets can be simple, other times we have to create an imaginative fairytale landscape out of recycled materials. But where do these ideas come from? Here’s…

Why do kids love The Stinky Cheese Man? A teacher’s perspective

By: Jacqueline Matusow, Teacher-Librarian, Media Elementary School I have lots in common with Jon Scieszka (rhymes with Fresca), author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.  He loves…

From Page to Stage: How We Design a Show

The process begins months in advance; we started working in November for The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, >help which happens in April, and in January for The Secret…

Sterling: From Sketch to Stage

By: Alison Roberts, Arden Costume Supervisor/Costume Designer for Two Trains Running   Last April, >find when the Arden announced it was producing Two Trains Running, I was immediately interested.  I…

Planning for Sondheim — On Your Feet — With No Light

Jonathan Silver was the Producer for the Master Storyteller Award presented to Stephen Sondheim on June 1, 2015.  He is also a freelance actor, director, and voice-over artist whose work at…

Creating the Macbeth Fights

Teen Arden and the Cabaret of Duets

Eli Russell of Teen Arden gives audiences a peek behind the scenes of the Cabaret of Duets, an evening of cabaret which paired professional performers with members of Teen Arden….

What Is It Like To Be A Costume Designer?

A costume designer is the person who decides what the different people in the play will wear. Here is what Richard St Clair, the costume designer, >purchase thinks about being…