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Kate Wecker, she/her/hers
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: Sound Designer, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: Kate has been the Resident Sound Designer at Laguna Playhouse and Pioneer Theatre Company. Her designs have also been heard at Totem Pole Playhouse, Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre, and Simon Fest Theatre Co. When not designing, Kate can usually be found travelling the country as the…
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Joma Saenz, he/him/his
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: u/s Benjamin/Mr. Jones, Sheep, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: Steve, A Streetcar Named Desire – Boston Court; u/s Uncle Ernie, The Who’s Tommy – East West Players; Bong-Bong, Anak Ti Diablo – Bindlestiff Studio; Paris, Romeo and Juliet Pinoy/Pinay Style – hereandnow Theatre Company; Greg, Low Hanging Fruit – The Drama Mamas; Chester, Cowboy…
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Cynthia San Luis, she/her/hers
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: u/s Mollie/Muriel/Hen/Pigeon/Dog/Pig, Animal Farm; Ensemble, A Christmas Carol ELSEWHERE: IAMA Theatre Company – Penny u/s, Untitled Baby Play (world premiere); Geffen Playhouse – Cindy Sanchez (video clips), The Power of Duff; Theatricum Botanicum— Peaseblossom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Colonials: An American Shakespeare Company— Ophelia, Hamlet; GGC Players— Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Beatrice, Much Ado About…
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Thais Menendez, she/her/hers
WITH ANW: 2023-23 Season: u/s Moses/Minimus/Hen/Pigeon/Dog/Cow, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: Thais is a Cuban-American trilingual SAG-AFTRA/AEA actress originally from Miami. Celimene in The Misanthrope (Avant Bard); Nina in Things That Are Round (Rep Stage, World Premiere); Perfect in columbinus (1st Stage, Helen Hayes Best Ensemble nomination); Richmond (u/s, Shakespeare Theatre Company); Anne in What Every Girl…
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Taylor Joree Scorse
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: u/s Squealer, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Let It Be (Mary, Original Cast), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie), Basic Bitch of the Resistance (Whitney, World Premiere), among others. You can also catch Taylor in multiple films and series including Lifetime’s Stroller Moms, Amazon’s Vindication and HBO’s Winning Time. Recently, Taylor’s…
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Giovanny Camarena, he/him/his
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: u/s Cat/Mr. Pilkington, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: Giovanny is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California, where he received a degree in Dramatic Arts. He has also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Voiceover credits include Who Killed Sara & Donde Hubo Fuego on Netflix. Giovanny is…
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Mitch Connolly, he/they
WITH ANW: 2022-23 Season: u/s Snowball, Mr. Whymper, Animal Farm ELSEWHERE: Our Town, Triad Stage; Newsies, Mamma Mia, Junie B. Jones, Millbrook Playhouse; Bare: A Pop Opera, Diversionary Theatre. EDUCATION: BFA Acting, UNCSA ‘18. Improv, UCB. I’m thrilled to be a part of my first A Noise Within production! A huge thank you to all who…
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Christian Telesmar
Christian Telesmar, he/him/his WITH ANW: Radio Golf (Debut, Harmond Wilks). ELSEWHERE: On The Other Hand We’re Happy, Earthquakes In London, Rogue Machine Theatre; Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Montana Shakespeare Company; Kentucky, East West Players; Mama Metal, IAMA Theatre Company; Friends with Guns, Road Theatre Company. FILM/TELEVISION: Held, Tremendum Pictures; Animal Kingdom, TNT; NCIS: LA, CBS; The Young & the Restless, CBS. EDUCATION: MFA—Professional Actors Training Program, University…
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Nathan Johnson
Nathan Johnson, he/him/his (Trumpet) WITH ANW: Debut. ELSEWHERE: Equally at home with jazz and classical styles, Nathan has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, Burbank Philharmonic, Fresno Philharmonic as well as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, John Daversa Big Band, and many others. He has performed in the pit for The Full Monty, Sister…
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Alison Rodriguez
Rod Bagheri, he/him/his
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2024-25 Season: Music Director, The Skin of Our Teeth Previous Seasons: Music Director, Animal Farm, A Christmas Carol, Sweeney Todd ELSEWHERE: Seen both as a conductor/pianist and as an actor, Rod has been a music director for several local companies including The Candlelight Pavilion (Legally Blonde, Footloose, 9 to 5), The…
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