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Who’s Who BIKO EISEN-MARTIN (Jarrell Hayes/Hector) Arden: Stick Fly. Off-Broadway: Lift (59E59 Theatres). Regional: The Ashes Under Gait City (CATF); The Whipping Man (Syracuse Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Gulf- shore Playhouse); Lift (The Crossroads Theatre Company); Topdog/Underdog (Marin Theatre Company); Brother Size, Love’s Labours Lost, Three Sisters (Chautauqua Theater Company); Ruined, The Liar, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, The Taming of the Shrew(Denver Center Theatre Company); King Lear, Our Town, Taming of the Shrew (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Rage is Back (Berkeley Rep); Radio Golf (The- atreWorks); Fuku Americanus (Intersection for the Arts); Urban Retreat (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Film: Poetic License. #Every28Hours #Don’tShoot. ALICE M. GATLING (Marlene Hayes/Dr. Badu/Barista) Arden: Much Ado About Nothing. Regional: The Syringa Tree (Theatre Horizon); Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Temple University Department of Theatre); Gidion’s Knot (InterAct Theatre Company); Ruined, Black Pearl Sings (Florida Studio Theatre); Caroline, or Change (Main Street Theatre Company); No Child, The Piano Lesson, and Fences (The Ensemble Theatre); Doubt and The Exonerated (Alley Theatre); Julius Caesar (Judith Shakespeare Company); A Flea in Her Ear (People’s Light). Upcoming: No Child. Training: MFA- Temple University. Alice serves as Director of the Young Performers Program at The Ensemble Theatre, and as founder/director of The Educational Acting Company of Houston (T.E.A.C.H). DOUGLAS REES (Lou Ziegler) Arden: Carl in Opus (world premiere), Frank Woolsey in Ghost Writer (world premiere), and Victor in An Empty Plate at the Café du Grand Boeuf. Off-Broadway: Carl in Opus (Primary Stages, NYC Premiere). JULIANNA ZINKEL (Raina Lamott) Arden: Stick Fly, Rabbit Hole, Crime and Punishment, As You Like It. Off- Broadway: Three Men On a Horse (TACT). Regional: Pride and Prejudice, The Trip to Bountiful, Barcelona, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,Theophilus North (People’s Light); From Prague (CATF); Love and Communication (Passage Theatre Company);The Eclectic Society (Walnut Street Theatre); Blackbird (Theatre Exile);Wintertime, Big Love (The Wilma Theatre). Upcoming: Biloxi Blues (People’s Light). Julianna is a com- pany member of People’s Light. Education: Temple University. Thanks to Michael, Terry, the Arden staff and this fantastic cast. Love to my family. For Dad. MICHAEL HOLLINGER (Playwright) Plays premiered at the Arden: Ghost-Writer, Opus, Tooth and Claw, Red Herring, Tiny Island, Incorruptible, and An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf. Plays premiered else- where: Hope and Gravity at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre; Cyrano (translator/co-adaptor, with Aaron Posner) at Washington’s Folger Theatre; A Wonderful Noise (co-authored with Vance Lehmkuhl) at Creede Rep- ertory Theatre. Awards: an ATCA/Steinberg New Play Citation, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy, an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, four Barrymores (including the Haas Award), the Loewe Award for Musical Theatre, and multiple fellowships from the Independence Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and shares a life with actress Megan Bellwoar and their children Benjamin and Willa. TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Ar- den productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County; Death of a Salesman; The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Next to Normal; Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Violet; and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hol- linger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 24 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins; and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award. JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Designer) Arden: La Bête, Incorruptible, A Little Night Music,Tulipomania, Clybourne Park,Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Sunday in the Park with George, Our Town. Broadway: Glory Days. Off Broadway: Opus, Under the Bridge. Regional: Hamlet, A Winters Tale (Folger Theatre); Gypsy (Signature Theatre); First You Dream, Elephant and Pig are in a Play (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts); Nutcracker,This, Glengarry Glen Ross (Round House Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher, 4000

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Who’s WhoBIKO EISEN-MARTIN (Jarrell Hayes/Hector) Arden: Stick Fly. Off-Broadway: Lift (59E59 Theatres). Regional: The Ashes Under Gait City (CATF); The Whipping Man (Syracuse Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Gulf-shore Playhouse); Lift (The Crossroads Theatre Company); Topdog/Underdog (Marin Theatre Company); Brother Size, Love’s Labours Lost, Three Sisters (Chautauqua Theater Company); Ruined, The Liar, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, The Taming of the Shrew(Denver Center Theatre Company); King Lear, Our Town, Taming of the Shrew (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Rage is Back (Berkeley Rep); Radio Golf (The-atreWorks); Fuku Americanus (Intersection for the Arts); Urban Retreat (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Film: Poetic License. #Every28Hours #Don’tShoot.

ALICE M. GATLING (Marlene Hayes/Dr. Badu/Barista) Arden: Much Ado About Nothing. Regional: The Syringa Tree (Theatre Horizon); Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Temple University Department of Theatre); Gidion’s Knot (InterAct Theatre Company); Ruined, Black Pearl Sings (Florida Studio Theatre); Caroline, or Change (Main Street Theatre Company); No Child, The Piano Lesson, and Fences (The Ensemble Theatre); Doubt and The Exonerated (Alley Theatre); Julius Caesar (Judith Shakespeare Company); A Flea in Her Ear (People’s Light). Upcoming: No Child. Training: MFA- Temple University. Alice serves as Director of the Young Performers Program at The Ensemble Theatre, and as founder/director of The Educational Acting Company of Houston (T.E.A.C.H).

DOUGLAS REES (Lou Ziegler) Arden: Carl in Opus (world premiere), Frank Woolsey in Ghost Writer (world premiere), and Victor in An Empty Plate at the Café du Grand Boeuf. Off-Broadway: Carl in Opus (Primary Stages, NYC Premiere).

JULIANNA ZINKEL (Raina Lamott) Arden: Stick Fly, Rabbit Hole, Crime and Punishment, As You Like It. Off-Broadway: Three Men On a Horse (TACT). Regional: Pride and Prejudice, The Trip to Bountiful, Barcelona, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theophilus North (People’s Light); From Prague (CATF); Love and Communication (Passage Theatre Company);The Eclectic Society (Walnut Street Theatre); Blackbird (Theatre Exile);Wintertime, Big Love (The Wilma Theatre). Upcoming: Biloxi Blues (People’s Light). Julianna is a com-pany member of People’s Light. Education: Temple University. Thanks to Michael, Terry, the Arden staff and this fantastic cast. Love to my family. For Dad.

MICHAEL HOLLINGER (Playwright) Plays premiered at the Arden: Ghost-Writer, Opus, Tooth and Claw, Red Herring, Tiny Island, Incorruptible, and An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf. Plays premiered else-where: Hope and Gravity at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre; Cyrano (translator/co-adaptor, with Aaron Posner) at Washington’s Folger Theatre; A Wonderful Noise (co-authored with Vance Lehmkuhl) at Creede Rep-

ertory Theatre. Awards: an ATCA/Steinberg New Play Citation, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy, an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, four Barrymores (including the Haas Award), the Loewe Award for Musical Theatre, and multiple fellowships from the Independence Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and shares a life with actress Megan Bellwoar and their children Benjamin and Willa.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Ar-den productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County; Death of a Salesman; The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Next to Normal; Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Violet; and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hol-linger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 24 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins; and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Designer) Arden: La Bête, Incorruptible, A Little Night Music, Tulipomania, Clybourne Park, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Sunday in the Park with George, Our Town. Broadway: Glory Days. Off Broadway: Opus, Under the Bridge. Regional: Hamlet, A Winters Tale (Folger Theatre); Gypsy (Signature Theatre); First You Dream, Elephant and Pig are in a Play (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts); Nutcracker, This, Glengarry Glen Ross (Round House Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher, 4000

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Miles (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opus (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Awards: 8 Helen Hayes, 2 Barrymores. www.jameskronzer.com.

ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Arden: Water by the Spoonful, Stick Fly, A Raisin in the Sun, Next to Normal, The Whipping Man, August: Osage County, Superior Donuts, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, The History Boys, and My Name is Asher Lev. Regional: Cock, North of the Boulevard, The English Bride, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Theatre Exile); How I Learned to Drive (Theatre Horizon); Run, Mourner, Run (Flashpoint Theatre Company); Any Given Monday (Act II Playhouse); Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions). Education: BA in Theatre Arts-Rowan University, MFA in Costume Design and Technology-Illinois State University.

THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 16 productions including La Bête, Parade, Next to Normal, and A Little Night Music. Philadelphia: Wilma, People’s Light, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Lantern Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Azuka Theatre, Curtis Institute of Music, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Flashpoint Theatre Company (Artistic Director). Other: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Signature Theatre, Lincoln Center Festival Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre. 3 Barrymores (18 nominations), 3-time Helen Hayes nominee, 2007 and 2014 AUDELCO Awards.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) Arden: La Bête, Incorruptible, Three Sisters, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Parade, A Little Night Music, Next to Normal, Clybourne Park. Regional: Seed Folks (California Theatre Center); When Tang Met Laika (The Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Opus (Primary Stages); Language Rooms, Scorched (The Wilma Theatre); The Mountaintop, Grey Gardens, The Happiness Lecture (Philadelphia Theatre Company).

JONATHAN SILVER (Assistant Director) Arden: Cabaret of Duets (Director), Incorruptible (Assistant Director), The History Boys (Timms). Regional: Old Jews Telling Jokes (Penn’s Landing Playhouse); Max in Lend Me a Tenor, and Professor in South Pacific (Dela-ware Theatre Company); Elliot in Completeness (Round Table Theatre Company); Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady (Act II Playhouse); Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts). Television: Alain on Pokemon (Cartoon Network). Education: BFA in Dramatic Performance from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. www.jonathan-silver.com.

KATE NELSON (Stage Manager) Arden: Great Expectations, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Parade, Ghost-Writer. Regional: Becky Shaw; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Montgomery Theater); Cinderella, Six Characters in Search of an Author (People’s Light).

SALLY OLLOVE (Dramaturg) is the Literary Manager at the Arden Theatre Company. Under the Skin marks her tenth show at the Arden, having previously served as the assistant director or dramaturg for Three Sisters, Next to Normal, Tulipomania, August: Osage County, The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, The History Boys, Peter Pan, and The Seafarer. Other dramaturgy credits include work at Theatre Exile, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and the American Repertory Theatre among others. Sally is also the resident dramaturg at Azuka Theatre and a company member of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. She holds an MFA from the American Repertory Theatre/ Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.

AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terrence J. Nolen and Aaron Posner. She is especially proud of the Arden Professional Apprentice program and its contribution to the Philadelphia cultural community. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni Achievement Award. She completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation and National Arts Strategies. Amy serves on the Board of the Greater Philadel-phia Cultural Alliance and Theatre Philadelphia. She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council, Theatre Communications Group and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. She has also served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre

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program. We create and produce new work through the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people, and our Arden Arts Education Fund provides scholarships for Arden Drama School classes and camps. In 2013, we opened the Hamilton Family Arts Center. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 62 awards and 300 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Com-pany” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden participates in The Barrymore Awards, a program of Theatre Philadelphia.

Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon, Marie Manley, Joan Saltzman, Patsy Semple, Charissa “Charley” Carfrey, BA, BSN, RN, CWCN, CCCN, OCN, Elizabeth Nelson, PhD, RN, John D. Greene, Todd Franzen, Sara A. Cohen, and the Gift of Life Donor Program and Family House Staff

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Enjoy the convenience of a deli-cious meal waiting for you when you arrive at the theatre for any

performance.

Choose from a gourmet sand-wich and salad or a luxe cheese plate at a table reserved just for

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