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News Greenberg's Rain to Fall on Philly's Arden, Oct. 19-Dec. 5 A 1998 Pulitzer finalist, Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain has its Philadelphia premiere at Arden Theatre's Arcadia Stage, Oct. 14-Nov. 28, officially opening Oct. 19.

A 1998 Pulitzer finalist, Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain has its Philadelphia premiere at Arden Theatre's Arcadia Stage, Oct. 14-Nov. 28, officially opening Oct. 19.

In the play, a famous architect's will prompts his children and their best friend to speculate about their families' history. Act one occurs in a dank and draughty New York City loft space in the present. Act two, set in the same building 30 years earlier, when it still housed an architectural firm, looks at the parents of the characters in act one. Arden resident director Aaron Posner directs.

Susan Riley Stevens, Ian Merrill Peakes and Pete Pryor each play two roles in the show, which features a set by David Gordon, sound esign by Jim Murphy, lighting by Jerrold R. Forsyth and costumes by Mimi O'Donnell.

Other plays by Greenberg include Hurrah at Last (recently at NYC's Roundabout), Eastern Standard, The Extra Man and Night And Her Star. *

Philadelphia's Arden Theater Company begans its 1999-2000 season -- the twelfth for the company and the first to include seven productions -- with Tennessee Williams' offbeat, Pulitzer-winning drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Among this year's other Arden offerings are the world premiere of Michael Hollinger's Red Herring, revivals of Much Ado About Nothing and Into the Woods, and two children's shows, The Snow Queen and And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank. The Snow Queen, an adaption of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fable, will run on the F. Otto Haas Stage Nov. 24-Jan. 2, 2000. A co- production with the Pig Iron Theater Company, Snow Queen will be directed by Pig Iron co-Artistic Director Dan Rothenberg.

Philadelphia playwright Hollinger's Red Herring, a "comedy noir" set in 1952 America, is the fourth Hollinger play to receive its world premiere with Arden, following his An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boef, Incorruptible and Tiny Island. Directed by Nolen, Herring will run from Jan. 27-March 12, 2000 on the Arcadia Stage.

William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing follows Herring, beginning performances March 2 for a run through April 2, 2000, on the F. Otto Haas Stage. Posner directs.

A second children's theatre production, And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, runs April 5-May 14, 2000, on the Arcadia Stage. Written by James Still, the multi-media play tells the story of two of Anne Frank's childhood friends, both of whom survived the Holocaust. Rikiki Production co-founder Kilkenny Tremblay directs.

The Arden Theatre Company closes its '99-00 season with the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine fairy tale musical, Into the Woods. Nolen will direct, this his sixth Sondheim show for Arden, following productions of Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, A Little Night Music, Company and Merrily We Roll Along. Woods runs on the F. Otto Haas Stage May 11-June 11, 2000.

Subscriptions ($155-$95) and single tickets ($32-$10) are available by calling (215) 922-1122. The Arden Theater Company is located at 40 N. 2nd Street.

 
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