Tag: Matt Ocks

Bill of Sale or Bill of Rights?

June 28, 2010

By Matt Ocks, discount Manager of Institutional Giving June 30th is the end of the fiscal year here at Arden Theatre Company, and the development department is in the midst…

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Your Ideas for Children’s Theatre – Part 1

May 25, 2010

By Matt Ocks, Manager of Institutional Giving We had great response to the post about “bed-time” stories to adapt a few weeks ago.  Having conducted some research into the titles…

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Which Bedtime Story would you adapt?

April 23, 2010

By Matt Ocks, Manager of Institutional Giving The Arden was founded by artists with a penchant for literary adaptation, >cheap and though our evening subscription series has diversified considerably since…

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Ode to the Spoon of Grease

April 12, 2010

By Matt Ocks, Manager of Institutional Giving Today may be the start of baseball season here at home, but last Sunday was the end of an era for all of…

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Love Me Do

March 25, 2010

By Matt Ocks, >decease Manager of Institutional Giving The Arden’s production of Romeo and Juliet runs for just 2 more weeks, >medicine and I, medicine for one, will be a…

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Giving the Play-by-Play

March 2, 2010

By Matt Ocks, >treatment Manager of Institutional Giving At the Arden we’re having conversations about how best to engage you – the audience – in new work.  (You may not…

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Making Art

February 11, 2010

By Matt Ocks, Manager of Institutional Giving This past weekend may have been Super Bowl Sunday, treat but the week started with PTI Monday for all of us in the…

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Springtime for New Play Development

January 26, 2010

By Matt Ocks, >medical Manager of Institutional Giving This morning I attended an information session at the offices of the Independence Foundation here in Philadelphia. The Foundation is about to…

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The Art of Teaching

January 14, 2010

By Matt Ocks, mind Manager of Institutional Giving My boss Terry just asked me to pull a quote from Alan “History Boys” Bennett, and it got me to thinking. But…

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Know Your Roots

December 28, 2009

By Matt Ocks, Manager of Institutional Giving “Write what you know” is an old adage in the theatre, and it’s probably the reason so many of our country’s worthy playwrights…

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