(L to R) Director Rick DesRochers,
Artistic Director Paul Meshejian and
dramaturg Michele Volansky in a moment of levity

Playwrights Greg Moss and Jen Haley

The Interns, (l to r Devin Dippold, Alex Runnels,
Tim Helmer, Aileen Brennan, Ren Manley
and April Evans) on a retreat lunch break

Martha Grahamcrackers (Dito van Reigersberg)
serenades the artists in a moment of cultural
expansiveness during the pre conference retreat
(Greg Moss, Jen Haley, Holly Derr and
Rick DesRochers, Larry and Diane Loebell look on)

Playwright James McLindon shares food an drink
with AD Paul Meshejian and director Rick DesRochers

Dramaturgs Michele Volansky and Gavin Witt
with Development Director Michelle Hitz

Paul Meshejian with Murph Henderson. Senior Program
Associate of The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative

2008 Interns Devin Dippold, Aileen Brennan,
Alex Runnels, April Evans, Tim Helmer and Ren Manley

Board Secretary Heidi Rose with Playwright
Greg Moss and director Holly Derr

Frank X, Miriam White, Justin Jain,
director Sarah Rasmussen , Kevin Bergen and Kittson O’Neill with Stage Manager Alison Levy (back to us)

Dramaturg Larry Loebell works
with playwright Lila Rose Kaplan

Ceal Phelan, director Katie Pearl and Christy Chouiniere
consult with the invisible playwright Jennifer Haley

Dramaturg Greg Romero, intern Devin Dippold
and the now-visible Jennifer Haley in rehearsal
for Haley’s play BREADCRUMBS

Ben Lloyd, Christy Parker, Sarah Doherty and Robert Daponte rehearsing HOUSE OF GOLD by Greg Moss

Conference participants party on the deck of one of the boathouses on Philadelphia’s famed “Boathouse Row” during a reception sponsored buy the Philadelphia Dramatists Center (PDC)

Ceal Phelan and Kristy Chouiniere rehearsing Jen Haley’s BREADCRUMBS

Dan Kern and David Strathairn in a scene
from Peter Bonilla’s A HUMAN EQUATION with
Christina May and Jared Delaney looking on

Kittson O’Neill, Dan Kern, Jared Delaney, Kathryn Petersen and Christina May as the ensemble
in A HUMAN EQUATION

David Strathairn as Kenneth Feinberg in
A HUMAN EQUATION by Peter Bonilla

Artistic Director Paul Meshejian (r) introduces
moderator, Michele Volansky and panelists
J. Cooper Robb, Abigail Adams and Todd London,
for PlayPenn’s second symposium
“Is Idealism Still Possible in the American Theatre?”

Todd London (New Dramatists) makes a point as
Michele Volansky, Cooper Robb (Philadelphia Weekly)
and Abigail Adams (People’s Light and Theatre) look on

Former intern and playwright Deborah Yarchun,
director Katie Pearl, executive director of Philadelpiha Dramatists Center, Wally Zialcita and
dramaturg Greg Romero at the conference party

Playwrights Lila Rose Kaplan, James McLindon (background), director Laura Kepley and
playwright Peter Bonilla

Sarah Rasmussen, Gavin Witt and Kittson O’Neill

Tom Teti and partner with Gavin Witt

James McLindon with Katie Pearl