2008/09 Arden Theatre Company Annual Report

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Mission Statement

Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers. The Arden draws from any source that is inherently dramatic and theatrical: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music and drama. Arden Theatre Company stages works for the diverse greater Philadelphia community that arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire.

Our Vision for the Future

The Arden will be recognized as one of Philadelphia’s great cultural treasures and one of the leading regional theatres in the country. We will draw from the best actors, designers, artisans and arts administrators available nationally while remaining committed to homegrown artists. The Arden will be known as an important incubator for the creation of new work – plays and musicals that premiere at the Arden will be presented worldwide. Playwrights will seek to make the Arden their artistic home. Young people will be inspired, empowered and develop a life-long love of the arts when they experience the energy of Arden Children’s Theatre and participate in Arden classes. Graduates of the Arden Professional Apprentice Program will shape the future of American theatre – here in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Our audiences will see themselves and their humanity in the stories we tell and classes we teach and have a life-long relationship with this theatre. The Arden will be a source of civic pride, the theatre that Philadelphians point to as their theatre.

“The 2008/09 theatre season was the best the area has seen in years. But no company staged as many successful shows as Arden Theatre Company.” – Philadelphia Weekly

CANDIDEThe Royal National Theatre VersionMusic by Leonard BernsteinBook adapted from Voltaire by Hugh WheelerIn a new version by John CairdLyrics by Richard WilburAdditional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard BernsteinDirected by Terrence J. NolenOn the F. Otto Haas Stage

September 11 – October 19, 2008

Candide was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and by a grant from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts.

Honorary Producers: Barbara and Leslie Kaplan

Attendance: 14,309 Ticket Sales: $347,180 Performances: 43

“With its dry, smart humor, you might call the Arden’s production the Jon Stewart Candide.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

GEE’S BENDWritten by Elyzabeth Gregory WilderDirected by Eleanor HoldridgeOn the Arcadia Stage

October 9 – December 7, 2008

Attendance: 11,633 Ticket Sales: $283,918 Performances: 75

“Rich characters and a brilliant cast poignantly show something as simple as a quilt can represent warmth, history, freedom of expression, love and independence.” – The Philadelphia Tribune

Show by Show Results

James and the Giant PeachBy David Wood from the novel by Roald Dahl Directed by Whit MacLaughlin On the F. Otto Haas stage

December 10, 2008 – February 8, 2009

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Community Partner:

Attendance: 25,263Ticket Sales: $350,856Performances: 80

“Marvelously directed by Whit MacLaughlin, this clever retelling of James’s adventures in a traveling peach is brimming with spectacular special effects and family fun.” – Press Focus

My Name Is Asher Lev WORLD PREMIERE!By Aaron Posner adapted from the novel by Chaim PotokDirected by Aaron PosnerArtistic Consultant: Adena Potok On the Arcadia Stage

January 8 – March 15, 2009

My Name Is Asher Lev was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award and also received funding from The National Endowment for the Arts.

My Name Is Asher Lev was developed under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

Honorary Producers: Carole Haas Gravagno and Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund


“Actor Karl Miller [Asher Lev] brushes with greatness in a mesmerizing performance…he is a wunderkind who works wonders, knowing what it means to be torn between two loves. Absolutely arresting.” – The Jewish Exponent


A Year with Frog and Toad Music by Robert Reale Book and Lyrics by Willie RealeBased on the books by Arnold Lobel Directed by Whit MacLaughlin On the F. Otto Haas stage

March 4 – April 19, 2009

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Community Partner:


“The Arden’s brilliant musicalization of the children’s classic returns with Jeff Coon [Frog] and Ben Dibble [Toad]. I hope these guys will be doing F&T for the next five years!” – City Paper

Something IntangibleWORLD PREMIERE!By Bruce GrahamDirected by Terrence J. NolenOn the Arcadia Stage

April 9 - June 7, 2009

Something Intangible was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award.

Developed under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase

Production Sponsor:


“There’s no doubt Philly’s Bruce Graham is a master craftsman. He’s this town’s builder of guy-heavy narrative with thoughtful dialogue and stories that suck you in and make you want to stay. Actor Ian Merrill Peakes’ [Tony Wiston] performance is itself a vision.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer


The Seafarer By Conor McPhersonDirected by David O’ConnorOn the F. Otto Haas Stage

May 14 – June 14, 2009

Honorary Producers:Fred and Emily Anton


“The Arden’s Seafarer is better than Broadway’s. This version uncovers the humanity in McPherson’s devilish tale. In doing so, it remind us that life is both precious and fleeting.” – Philadelphia Weekly

The 2008/09 season opened with a radiant production of Bernstein’s Candide featuring a cast of 20 and a lot of chalk. The score for Candide is over 50 years old, but matching it to the right libretto has befuddled everyone from Lillian Hellman to Harold Prince. We chose to use the 1999 National Theatre version written by Tony Award-winner John Caird, making our production the American regional premiere. Producing Artistic Director Terry Nolen traveled to London to work with Caird on further revisions to the script. Caird was so pleased that he has chosen to use the Arden version in subsequent productions across the globe. Leonard Bernstein’s children, Nina, Jamie, and Alexander joined us opening night and were wildly enthusiastic about the production.

Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s play Gee’s Bend has enjoyed productions across the country, but only the Arden could offer it in tandem with an exhibit at one of the world’s leading museums. Our production coincided with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibit Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Working in partnership with the Museum, we hosted an event featuring the real-life quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama – the women on whom the play is based. The show also ran during the historic presidential election of 2008, and Barack Obama’s trailblazing victory generated even more excitement for this stirring Civil Rights saga among Philadelphia area audiences.

Artistic Achievements

My Name Is Asher Lev, the first Arden commission to be produced on our stage, went on to become the top selling new play in our theatre’s history. Director and adaptor Aaron Posner, the cast, and the design team all had the privilege to work alongside Adena Potok, widow of author Chaim Potok, as she served as artistic consultant for the piece. Our Pay-What-You-Can beneficiary for this performance was the National Museum of American Jewish History, which enabled the Museum’s supporters to be the very first audience ever to experience this play. Soon audiences across the country will have the chance to experience this compelling story. Productions have been scheduled in Delaware, Maryland, California, and Missouri, with many more likely to follow. Asher Lev was also the recipient of the 2009 Brown Martin Philadelphia Award, which honors plays that lead audiences to a better understanding of the unique experiences that make up our diverse global community.

Something Intangible marked the first collaboration of two of Philadelphia’s leading theatre artists: our own Terry Nolen and Bruce Graham, who the Philadelphia Inquirer has called the “dean of Philadelphia dramatists.” The fruit of this collaboration has proven bountiful, with Something Intangible garnering the most

Barrymore nominations of any play this season, including nods for the entire cast and design team.

We wrapped up with Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer, a chilling dance-with-the-devil yarn featuring beloved Philadelphia actors Greg Wood, Anthony Lawton and William Zielinski. The play was directed by local up-and-comer David O’Connor in his Arden debut.

Our multi-media adaptation of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach featured eye-popping scenery by Matt Saunders, a truly “trippy” score by OBIE winner James Sugg, and astonishing animation by the cherished Arden designer Jorge Cousineau. We followed this show with A Year with Frog and Toad, reuniting all the key players from our beloved Barrymore Award winning 2004 production. Ben Dibble and Jeff Coon have had five kids between them since doing the show in 2004. Being fathers has only deepened their connection to Frog and Toad, and it enriched both their performances. Their winsome amphibious characters were brought to life with the help of director Whit MacLaughlin and costume designer Richard St. Clair. Willie Reale, the Tony-nominated writer of the show, came to see our production and afterwards admitted that the Arden Frog and Toad “rivaled the Broadway production.”

Arden Theatre Company honored with 23 Barrymore nominations–more than any other theatre company in the Greater Philadelphia region. Something Intangible by Bruce Graham garnered 13 nominations.

2008/09 Winners of Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre:

SOMETHING INTANGIBLE:Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

Outstanding Direction of a Play: Terrence J. Nolen

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play: Ian Merrill Peakes as Tony Wiston

Outstanding Set Design: James Kronzer

Outstanding Lighting Design: F. Mitchell Dana

Outstanding Costume Design: Rosemarie E. McKelvey

Outstanding New Play: Bruce Graham

CANDIDE:Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical: Mary Martello as Old Woman

Brown Martin Philadelphia Award for My NAME IS ASHER LEv

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This year we continued our commitment to serving the young people of this region through our outreach initiatives. We gave away nearly 5,000 free tickets to third through fifth grade students and we visited nearly 2,000 through our theatre access program Arden for All (AFA). AFA has become the cornerstone of our educational outreach work. First piloted in two classrooms in 2005, the program served eight schools in Philadelphia, Ridley Park and Camden, New Jersey this season.

Education Director Maureen Mullin Fowler designed show-related lesson plans for AFA that met local, state and national academic standards, and all lessons were taught by professional actors with teaching experience. Popular teachers this season included Barrymore nominee Kala Moses Baxter and our very own Frog, Jeff Coon. AFA ensures that students from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had access to award-winning live theatre and essential arts education curriculum.

This season we also continued our partnership with the drama students at Camden Creative Arts High School. The students attended five productions and participated in master classes led by Kala Moses Baxter (Gee’s Bend), Gabra Zackman (My Name Is Asher Lev), Ben Dibble and Jeff Coon (A Year with Frog and Toad), Bruce Graham (Something Intangible), and Jorge Cousineau (James and the Giant Peach).

2008/09 was the first full season of the new Arden Drama School, our expanded offering of theatre classes for students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Made possible by a generous, four-year grant from the Wallace Foundation, Arden Drama School serves as a bridge between Children’s Theatre and Mainstage participants by keeping kids engaged through their tween and teen years. Our first Teen Musical Theatre Camp sold out, and the students will reunite at the Arden to watch their teacher, Jeff Coon, perform as George Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George in 2010.

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The Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) program continues to attract applicants from across the country. Last year’s class included emerging theater professionals from Maine, New York, Maryland and Massachusetts.

The Pay-What-You-Can program continues to raise funds for area non-profits through open dress rehearsals of our Mainstage shows. Last year’s beneficiaries were the Cappie Awards, the African American Chamber of Commerce, the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia Cares, and After School Activities Partnership (ASAP).

Last year we piloted two new initiatives geared towards increasing access to our shows and our facility. In partnership with ArtReach and Hands Up! Productions, we offered two fully accessible performances of A Year with Frog and Toad, including ASL-shadow interpretation. While we have offered ASL interpretation in the past, this was the first time we integrated the ASL interpreters into the action of the performance. One patron wrote to us

afterwards, “Thank you not just for a great performance but for introducing us to the beauty and fun of theater with ASL. In one evening, you taught our daughters (and us) a great deal about the importance of creating arts accessibility for all.”

In May 2009 we opened up the F. Otto Haas stage, green room and dressing room to the Melmark Players for their year-end performance of My Fair Lady. The Melmark Players are a troupe of adults with developmental disabilities from the Meadows Campus at Melmark. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was in the audience for the Melmark show. He wrote afterwards, “It was my pleasure to participate in the opening of this production…The commitment of cultural institutions like the Arden to making the arts accessible to everyone in our city is essential to the success of my administration as we work together to bring real change to the quality of life for everyone who lives, works and visits Philadelphia.”

New Play Development

In addition to tackling two world premiere productions this season, the Arden continued to make important strides in the area of new play development. The Independence Foundation New Play Showcase was featured in the New York Times, and garnered new national support from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and increased national support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Edgerton Foundation, which funded extra rehearsal weeks for both of 2008/09’s world premieres.

This season we held three workshops and commissioned two new plays. In addition, Terry Nolen directed developmental readings in New York and Denver. Here are some of the projects we have in the pipeline:

• Tulipomania: We held a four day workshop that culminated in a public sing-through of the new musical we commissioned from Michael Ogborn and Michael Hollinger. Mary Martello, Ben Dibble, Scott Greer, Adam Heller and Liz Filios all helped give voice to this musical-in-progress. The Michaels are currently at work on another draft of Tulipomania based on what they learned from the workshop.

• The Flea and the Professor: Our first commission for Arden Children’s Theatre affords us the chance to work with hot Off Broadway playwright Jordan Harrison on a whimsical, music-filled adaptation of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. New York based director Anne Kauffman led a private one-day workshop and reading of the first draft for the Arden’s artistic staff that featured Arden favorite Doug Hara.

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“Superbly adapted...

a passionate and poignant

coming of age story...

Posner’s direction is

wonderfully creative...

a production that is as intimate

as a family dinner and as vast

as a young man’s dreams...

My Name Is Asher Lev is the

first must-see production of 2009.”

–Philadelphia Weekly

• Meticulous Gentlemen: A new play by Dennis Raymond Smeal (Arden Theatre Company’s Exit Wounds) weaves magical realism, knitting, and The Nutcracker to explore issues of love, family, and identity. Together with actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Russell Leib, director Terry Nolen worked to probe the play’s intricate form and hot button issues during a one-week workshop in December 2008.

• Symbiotic Love: The first of two commissions made to up-and-coming Cuban American playwright Rogelio Martinez this season, this play, set in rural Pennsylvania, is about family, loss, forgiveness, and bee-keeping. Terry Nolen directed a reading of the first draft at New York’s Primary Stages last spring.

• The Bonesetter’s Restaurant: Our second Rogelio Martinez commission, this project will be part of the Kimmel Center’s inaugural Philadelphia Arts Festival in 2011.

• A new play by Michele Lowe (Broadway’s The Smell of the Kill). Michele is the first woman playwright to receive an Arden commission.

World premiere plays. Large scale musicals. Literary adaptations. Wondrous kids shows. Celebrations of community. 2008/09 celebrated everything that we are known for

and showcased the joys of bringing great stories to life.

Statement of Functional Expenses

For the Year Ended June 30, 2009

TotalProgram Program Management Supporting Services andGeneral Fundraising Services Salaries $1,191,535 $463,735 $141,899 $1,797,169 Payrolltaxesandbenefits $317,078 $118,679 $36,326 $472,083 Total salaries and related expenses $1,508,613 $582,414 $178,225 $2,269,252 Accounting 19,350 19,350 ACTprogram 30,123 30,123 Advertisingandpromotions 465,266 465,266 Apprenticeprogram 5,713 5,713 Boxofficeexpense 17,462 17,462 Buildingmaintenance 78,326 12,751 91,077 Capitalcampaignexpense 14,009 2,281 16,290 Commissions 7,500 7,500 Computerservices 4,511 13,533 18,044 Concessions 33,553 33,553 Creditcardfees 68,450 7,500 75,950 Depreciation 131,249 21,617 1,544 154,410 Designers 106,177 106,177 Directors 42,000 42,000 DuesandSubscriptions 13,239 475 425 14,139 Fundraisingcosts 55,549 55,549 Housing 27,799 27,799 Insurance 100,613 5,191 105,804 Interestexpense 36,462 3,137 39,599 Miscellaneous 7,898 5,875 13,773 Musicians 81,235 81,235 Officesupplies 6,181 7,947 3,532 17,660 Outreachprogram 26,972 26,972 Parking 9,207 9,207 Postage 49,602 14,629 5,541 69,773 Productioncosts 172,925 172,925 Receptions 23,471 23,471 Royalties 169,941 169,941 Shoprental 16,679 16,679 Taxes Telephone 8,201 3,154 1,262 12,617 Travelandentertainment 18,478 4,854 23,332 Utilities 120,421 120,421

Totalexpenses $3,361,701 $708,438 $282,924 $4,353,063

Statement of Activities

For the Year Ended June 30, 2009

Unrestricted Temporarily Total RestrictedRevenue, Gains and other supportTicketandsubscriptionsales $2,225,262 $2,225,262

Contributionsandgrants $1,277,421 $863,530 $2,140,951

Capitalcontributions $122,332 $122,332

Investmentincome $25,759 $25,759

Miscellaneousincome $218,820 $218,820

TotalRevenue $3,869,594 $863,530 $4,733,124

Netassetsreleasedfromrestrictions $632,217 ($632,217)

Total Revenue, gains and other support $4,501,811 $231,313 $4,733,124

Expenses

ProgramServices $3,361,701 $3,361,701

Managementandgeneral $708,438 $708,438

Fundraising $282,924 $282,924

Total Expenses $4,353,063 $4,353,063

Increase in net assets $148,748 $231,313 $380,061

Net assets–beginning of year $3,951,123 $901,104 $4,852,227

Net assets–end of year $4,099,871 $1,132,417 $5,232,288

2008/09 Income

2008/09 Expenses

48%Donations

and Contributions

51%Ticket salesand DramaSchool tuition

1% Investments

INCOME

78%Programming

EXPENSE

Fundraising

16%Administration

6%

$100,000 & aboveThe1976FoundationHamiltonFamilyFoundationIndependenceFoundationPennsylvaniaDepartmentofCommunity&EconomicDevelopmentThePewCharitableTrustsThePhiladelphiaTheatreInitiative,aprogramofthePhiladelphiaCenterforArtsandHeritage,fundedbyThePewCharitableTrustsandadministeredbyTheUniversityoftheArtsTheWallaceFoundationWilliamPennFoundation

$50,000 to $99,999TheHaroldandMimiSteinbergCharitableTrustPennsylvaniaCouncilontheArtsThePhiladelphiaInquirer,DailyNewsandphilly.com+ShubertFoundation

$15,000 to $49,999CampbellSoupFoundationComcastCorporationClaneilFoundationEdgertonFoundationNewAmericanPlaysEdwardM.StoryMemorialFundofthePhiladelphiaFoundationEvantineDesign+FoxChaseBankHarmelinMediaHirsigFamilyFoundationofthePhiladelphiaFoundationHoraceW.GoldsmithFoundationKieranTimberlakeAssociates,LLPLincolnFinancialGroupFoundationMcLeanContributionshipMedicalLegalReproductions+NationalEndowmentfortheArtsPECO

PhiladelphiaCulturalFundPNCBankTargetCorporation

$7,500 to $14,999AnonymousBoeingCorporationGallagherFamilyMemorialFoundationJohnS.andJamesL.KnightFoundationPhiladelphiaCulturalFundPhiladelphiaHumanitiesCouncilPNCCharitableTrustTDBankTheVanguardGroupFoundationVerizon

$2,500 to $7,499TheAddisGroupAllegianceBankArronsonFoundationAquaPennsylvania,Inc.BarefootWine+BarraFoundationBerwindCorporationBrookJ.LenfestFoundationCarolineAlexanderBuckFoundationCarolineJ.S.SandersCharitableTrustCateringbyDesign+CivicFoundationDolfinger-McMahonFoundationEaglesYouthPartnership+LarryFarneseAnneM.andPhilipH.Glatfelter,IIIFamilyFoundationGraboyesCommercialWindowCo.GreaterPhiladelphiaTourismandMarketingCorporationTheHaleyFoundationTheHasselFoundationHatboroBeverages+IndependenceBlueCrossKarrBarthAssociatesMerck,Inc.

NationalAssociationofMusicalTheatreNordstrom,Inc.PaulE.KellyFoundationPhiladelphiaActivitiesFundSamuelS.FelsFundStudley,Inc.SusquehannaBankTierneyCommunicationsTheVictoryFoundationWachoviaFoundationWalterJ.MillerTrustZipcarPhiladelphia+

$749 to $2,499BallardSpahrAndrews&Ingersoll,LLPBuchananIngersoll&RooneyPCCitizensBankFoundationDilworthPaxson,LLPDramatistsGuildFund,Inc.DrumcliffFoundationGarfieldRefiningCo.AlbertM.GreenfieldCo.,Inc.JenkintownBuildingServices+JohnsonandJohnsonLouisN.CassettFoundationMankoGoldKatcherandFox,LLPMaxwellStrawbridgeCharitableTrustMediaCopy+ParkAmerica+PhiladelphiaActivitiesFundQuakerChemicalFoundationAnnShawFoundationUnionBenevolentAssociationWalkerFoundationWholeFoodsMarkets+

$749 and underActors’EquityAssociationFoundationBluecoatGin+CorporateSynergiesEclatChocolates+PennsylvaniaWomensForumTheRittenhouseFoundationWilliamGoldmanFoundation+denotes gifts of services or goods

Corporate, Foundation and Government Support

The Show Must Go OnOn March 15, 2009, the Arden held our biannual “The Show Must Go On” gala at Loews Philadelphia Hotel on Market Street. 175 guests joined us for a night of casino-style games and entertainment, courtesy of Arden stars Jeffrey Coon, Ben Dibble, Scott Greer, Mary Martello and Michael Ogborn. The evening, which raised $29,500, was chaired by Arden board member Ronna Hall, David Hall of Loews Hotel Philadelphia, and Brian Kappra of Evantine Design.

Sassafras Grove($10,000 and Above)Mr.FrederickW.Anton,IIISallyandMichaelBailinMr.andMrs.AlbertM.Greenfield,IIIPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustA,recommendedbyCaroleHaasGravagnoPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustA,recommendedbyJohnOttoandDr.JanetHaasMr.andMrs.N.PeterHamiltonHirsigFamilyFundofThePhiladelphiaFoundationVirginiaandHarveyKimmelArtsEducationFundofThePhiladelphiaFoundation

Cherry Grove($5,000-$9,999)DorothyDelbuenoMarieandJosephFieldMatthewandMarieGarfieldMs.ElizabethGemmillPhoebeW.HaasCharitableTrustB,recommendedbyLeonardC.HaasBarbaraandLeslieKaplanPeggyandSteveMorganTheSuzanneF.andRalphJ.RobertsFoundationCharlesRoseandMindyGoldbergRoseMonicaHoranandPhilipRosenthalAnonymous

TerryandAmandaFosterSpahr,throughtheBettyandWesFosterFamilyFoundationRosalynandStephenWeinsteinSallyWalkerandTomGilmore

Filbert Grove($2,500-$4,999)Mrs.VallaAmsterdamCarolandTomBeamJohnBitmanLoisG.BrodskyChipCapelliAnneM.CongdonRobertM.DeverAnnDieboldBobandNancyElfantTimandEllenFosterNarinderandPatriciaGargGlennGundersenandSusanManixRonnaF.andRobertHallPaulKellyJosephineKleinLeeandChristophervandeVeldeJuneandSteveWolfsonFamilyFoundation

Mulberry Grove($1,000-$2,499)BrianAbernathyandElizabethIrelandJohnAlchinPeggyAndersonBethanyAsplundhJimandJanetAverill

SherylandAllenBarGiséleSambarBathishIvyBayardSandyandMickeyBernsteinReggieBlaszczykandLeeO’NeillLouisBluverJeanG.BodinePattyBowmanTonyBraithwaiteBernardBrewsteinandEllenRosenthalDeDeandTonyBrownNancyBurdThomasBurkeandRickFountasLauradaByersJeanCanfieldPriscillaandJohnF.ClementJeffreyCoonJohnandSusanColemanJoyDeJesúsandJamieReynoldsBenDibbleMichaelA.DonatoandPeterR.SonzogniDebDorseyandMikeGreenStephenFalchekJeanneFisherOliverM.FordSandiFoxx-JonesRichardFreyDavidandChristinaFrymanLouandRhodaFrymanLindaandDavidGlicksteinTerryGraboyesBonnieGraham

MarcyGringlasandJoelGreenbergCharaandJohnC.HaasDavidandMaryJaneHackneyMr.andMrs.JonHarmelinDonandLynnMartinHaskinJaneandSteveHeumannKarenandMarkHiteSusanJacobsonandMichaelGoldenMr.andMrs.D.ScottandCarolKelleyCarolineKemmererMr.PeterKenneyandDr.DorothyNovickHollyKinserBillandBethLandmanWinnieandEricLienWilliamA.LoebRichardMaimonandSusanSegalDrs.RobinandSaifuddinMamaLewisR.andSueAnnMarburgGloriaandDanMarianoJeanS.MarkovitzJohnJ.McCawleyAndreaMengelandGeorgeA.RitterSeymourMillsteinA.C.MissiasJ.WilliamsMillsIIIAnnandGeorgeMorrisEllenandMichaelMulroneyAmyL.MurphyRonandSuzanneNaples

TerrenceJ.NolenMichaelNorrisandMattVarratoDianePalmerThomasPetroandKristineMessnerDr.andMrs.JoelPorterAaronPosnerandErinWeaverAnonymousAnnandFrankReed,throughtheMalferFoundationKurtandMary-AnnReissPhyllisandMartinRosenthalMikeSalmansonandTobiZemskyJuliannaSchauermanDr.NathanandDollyBeechmanSchnallHether,DonandSarahSmithRichardandAmandaSmootKathleenA.StephensonWilliamK.StewartFoundationKeithandJimStrawAdelaideSugarmanandMarshallGreenbergHarveyB.SwedloffJustinThomasMargueriteV.RodgersandJamesH.TimberlakeEileenHeismanTuzmanandMartinTuzmanTomandPatVernonSandyandMichaelWaxRichardE.WoosnamandDianeDaltoWoosnamEllenYin

Sylvan Society 2008/09

$500 - $999RebeccaandJohnAdamsStanandLisaAltmanPeterandLynneBermanRobertandAlmutBreazealeDebbieandAlanCasnoffCarolCaswellJamesR.FairburnandDavidA.WickardCaroleM.FoleyEdithKlausnerAlanandElaineKlawansKennethD.KoppleJimandPatLockhartCulbertsonDonaldJ.MartinandRichardRepettoIrisMelendezandHenryR.Adamczyk,Jr.StephanieandMichaelNaidoffPaulNutaitisandRobertClark

BarbaraandDonParmanMichaelLandJudyPaulDanPromisloWhitneyQuesenberyandJohnChesterPaulRabeandCherylGunterFranklynandCintraRodgersMarilynSanborneandRichardLabowskieEvaandMarvinSchlangerFamilyFoundationFrankandCatherineSignorelloHaroldandEmilyStarrDr.andMrs.StephenG.VassoTomandJackieZemaitis

$250-$499*CharlesandStephanieAndrewsAlanandSandyAultJoannWhiteandWilliamBeckett

RichardandJoanBehrPatandTomBenderBarryandMarilynBevacquaMr.andMrs.J.RobertandMarilynBirnhakRuthE.BrownBobCarfagnoMr.JosephCaseyRuthMillerCoxCharlesJ.CoyleDanielDevlinSueandRobertEvansAnneEwersMr.andMrs.Farenback-BratemanShannonandEdwardFarmerCharlotteandMickeyFeldmanRuthandAndreFerberDanGannonCharlesGear

TerryGillenSusanGreeneDouglasandHarrietHeathBillHendricksonJimandCarolynHessingerMr.PhilipKalodnerSusanKelloggandDickHoffmanPatriciaandCharlesKlingBarbaraandLeonardKlinghofferMarilynandDavidKrautMaryEllenKroberRuthandPeterLaibsonBarbaraPattersonLobbFrankandSallyMalloryTinaMancoLynnandJoeMankoGeorgeandJudyMcCarthyGloriaMcNuttLauraOffuttandSteveFukuchiMaryandF.LaurencePethick

JohnandPinkiePhilbrickHelenPhillipsRhodaPolakoffSherriandAbeReichEleanorReinhardtIrwinC.andCaroleM.SaftHaroldandSharonSchwalmJamesAkerbergandLarrySimmonsJamesL.SmithDrs.RichardandRhondaSoricelliMarilynandDeanR.StaatsRobertandSydneyStevensEricTamulonisandDeirdreGibsonHellaandLewVolgenauMarleneWeinbergFredandArleenWeinsteinPaulandBarbaraYeagle*Listingdoesnotincludegiftsunder$250

Annual Fund Donors 2008/09

Board of Directors 2008/09

David Fryman, PresidentN. Peter Hamilton, Vice President

Andrea Mengel, Vice PresidentMichael A. Donato, Treasurer

Nancy Hirsig, Secretary

Brian AbernathyNancy BurdKaren Butler

Jean CanfieldJoy L. De JesúsEllen P. Foster

Matthew GarfieldElizabeth H. Gemmill

Carole Haas GravagnoAlbert M. Greenfield, III

Ronna F. HallJoanne Harmelin

Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D.Steve Heumann

Susan G. JacobsonBarbara KaplanVirginia Kimmel

Holly KinserRichard L. MaimonJohn J. McCawley

Amy L. MurphyTerrence J. Nolen

Aaron PosnerCharles H. Rose

H. Hetherington SmithHarvey B. Swedloff

Joseph A. Tammaro, Jr.Lee van de Velde

Diane Dalto WoosnamEllen Yin

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