Arden Theatre Company
Jessica Abel, CFRE, currently serves as the Director of Development at Arden Theatre Company since June 2022, where responsibilities include overseeing fundraising strategies, managing a team of fundraisers, and leading major gift initiatives. Previous roles include Senior Major Gifts Officer at Maryland Institute College of Art and Director of Development at Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where Jessica secured approximately $5 million in institutional contributions annually. Earlier experience includes various development positions at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and Atlas Performing Arts Center. Jessica holds a Master of Music in vocal performance with a focus on vocal pedagogy from Peabody Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Florida State University.
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Arden Theatre Company
Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers. We draw from any source that is inherently dramatic and theatrical – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music and drama. The Arden presents programs for the diverse greater Philadelphia community that arouse, provoke, challenge, illuminate and inspire. Founded in 1988 by Terrence J. Nolen, Amy Murphy and Aaron Posner, Arden Theatre Company began producing at the 70-seat Walnut Street Theatre Studio and was immediately hailed as a welcome addition to the Philadelphia theatre community. After our second season, we co-founded the St. Stephen’s Performing Arts Center to provide us with a larger theatre (150 seats) and a unified location for classes, education programs, administrative offices and production shops. Our five seasons at St. Stephen’s were marked with continued growth. In 1995, Arden Theatre Company purchased a 50,000-square-foot building in Philadelphia’s historic Old City neighborhood. The building has been renovated to contain a 360-seat mainstage theatre (F. Otto Haas Stage); the 175-seat studio theatre (Arcadia Stage); the Independence Foundation Studio; a bi-level lobby with box office, elevator and restrooms; rehearsal and classroom space; and administrative and production offices. Our move to our new home sparked even more growth for the Arden, and played a significant role in the economic revitalization of Old City. Today, Arden Theatre Company is a full-service professional regional theatre, offering the highest quality theatrical and educational productions and programs to the artists, audiences and students of the greater Philadelphia region. We are a dynamic and successful theatre company with strong ties to the community and a reputation for artistic excellence, educational innovation, and fiscal responsibility.