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Education
Education puts A Noise Within’s mission into action by connecting students, educators, and the community with classic theatre and modern magic. Every year, A Noise Within enriches the lives of over 18,000 Southern California students in our theatre, online, and in your classrooms.
Camp
- Summer With Shakespeare
Summer With Shakespeare gives campers the opportunity to work with professional artists and technicians to gain an appreciation of Shakespeare’s verse, as well as a unique exposure to a variety of classic plays.
About Us
A Noise Within produces classic theatre as an essential means to enrich our community by embracing universal human experiences, expanding personal awareness, and challenging individual perspectives. Learn more about ANW and all the amenities we offer!

An oasis for those who love classic stories. Los Angeles Times

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 Should Know (Forum Theatre); Director in Don Cristobal (Pointless Theatre); Ensemble in Enter Stage Right (24th St Theatre); Valentina in Oyéme, the Beautiful (Imagination Stage). TV: The Bold & The Beautiful (CBS)

EDUCATION: Boston College, BA Theatre & English