The Arden Blog

Our 25th Anniversary Season Concert

December 5, 2012

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…

Opening Night of Cinderella

December 4, 2012

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…

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…

Directing Endgame – Designing Life after Cataclysm

November 12, 2012

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…

Opening Night of Freud’s Last Session

November 8, 2012

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…

Creating Freud’s Study

November 2, 2012

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…

Directing Endgame – Economy

October 18, 2012

We’ve asked the Arden’s Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel, who will be directing Endgame this season, to document some of his process. Here is his first entry. Preparing to direct…

Next to Normal, backstage exclusive

October 16, 2012

Have you wondered what the actors do backstage at the Arden? How do they get through a show as grueling as Next to Normal for 8 shows a week? Here’s an…

Visiting Freud’s Office

October 15, 2012

By Katherine Fritz, >medical Costume Designer for Freud’s Last Session Let’s start off with a confession: I heard the plot synopsis for Freud’s Last Session and I thought “…. meh.”…

A new writer for the Arden Family – Stephen Belber

October 12, 2012

By Ed Sobel, Associate Artistic Director The Arden is pleased to announce the addition of a new writer to our family of artists. Following on Wendy MacLeod’s introduction through our…