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A Noise Within
How I Spent My Summer by Jeremy Rabb
ANW Resident Artist Jeremy Rabb is busy teaching Summer with Shakespeare for the third year in a row and gearing up for our inaugural reading festival, The American Dream. This month, he takes a (brief) breather to talk about his summer at the theatre. Which aspect of your craft are you most excited to…
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A Noise Within
Meet Carolyn Ratteray!
You might recognize Carolyn from Tartuffe or The Importance of Being Earnest. Now, ANW’s newest resident artist shares a little more about herself. What inspired you to be an actress? Two things come to mind: 1) A fellow classmate was cast as Macbeth in my 4th grade class’ production of The Scottish Play. With my…
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Meet Scenic Designer Frederica Nascimento
You’ve probably seen Frederica’s spectacular designs on ANW’s stage (Tartuffe, The Threepenny Opera, All My Sons, Six Characters to name a few), now get to know ANW’s newest Resident Artist (and scenic designer for Arcadia and The Maids this fall)! How long have you been designing with us? My first show with A Noise Within…
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Resident Artist Apollo Dukakis shares his thoughts on The American Dream
Long-time Resident Artist, and member of the RAF Reading Committee, Apollo Dukakis, dishes on what he has in store for audiences at our July Resident Artist Festival, and what he’s most looking forward to as an audience member! I am directing the reading of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Part One, Millennium Approaches. I think…
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Love, Death & Algebra: Why Geoff Elliott chose Arcadia
In preparation for the first show of our 2016 Fall Season, the show’s director, Geoff Elliott, answered our questions about Arcadia – Tom Stoppard’s most chaotic, time-blending theatrical work. Why did you choose Arcadia? What about it piqued your interest? Simply put, it’s a work of genius. The best play Stoppard has written, in fact….
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The American Dream: A few words from Resident Artist Deborah Strang
Deborah Strang, ANW Resident Artist most recently seen as Mrs Clandon in this spring’s You Never Can Tell, shares some insight into our inaugural Resident Artist Reading Festival and tells us about its genesis, what you can expect, and what she’s most excited for this July! So what exactly is the Resident Artist Reading Festival?…
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ANW’s Teacher of the Year 2016: Mary Lang
We are happy to announce that Mary Lang has been selected as our 15-16 Teacher of the Year! While it was difficult to select one winner out of the many qualified and dedicated teachers with whom we work, we felt that Mary’s passion and commitment to her students and her willingness to go above and…
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Meet Will Bradley!
Figaro‘s funny Cherubin last spring is now the Bard’s leading man. Will Bradley made his ANW debut in Figaro, about which Stage Raw wrote, “Bradley could hardly make for a more appealingly frisky Cherubin.” Now he takes on one of the stage’s great roles as Romeo in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We talked to the…
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“Embrace the wackiness!” of Shaw’s You Never Can Tell
Director Stephanie Shroyer discusses the warmth and wisdom of Shaw’s sunniest, funniest play. “What family is not peculiar?” asks Stephanie Shroyer, guest director of George Bernard Shaw’s You Never Can Tell. “Embrace the wackiness!” extols Stephanie, who is an associate professor at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts (where she is also Associate Artistic Director). She’s…
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A Noise Within
Six Characters in Search of an Author: Meet the Stepdaughter
She wants revenge. She wants to get to the truth: her truth and nothing but her truth. These six characters live in a fixed reality more painfully human than one could imagine. They are wandering spirits looking for an end—and to be set free as they plead their cases to a jury of actors. On…
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