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A Noise Within
Director’s Corner
Mary Jo DuPrey directs a special Words Within’s reading of Beaumarchais’ The Barber of Seville on Wednesday, April 8 at 7pm. We talked with her about this much-anticipated event. Q: Mary Jo, you’ve known about our Company for some time, right? A: Yes! But this is my first time directing for A Noise Within, and…
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A Noise Within
Spring’s the Thing
The spring season is a hive of activity, all great and good. Your wish is our command: Our inaugural First Stage is here. This conservatory for the very youngest actors begins at the end of February. (Limited space is still available.) Voice, Acting Shakespeare, and British Dialect for adults also kicks off this month; as always,…
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A Noise Within
An Interview with Charles Morey
David Andrusia interviews Figaro playwright Charles Morey. Light is shed on the adaptation process of this fierce—and very funny—French farce! Meet the Author! Charles Morey give a very special free symposium on March 4th at 6pm before our 7:30 preview. DA: We share a deep, dark secret. We’re both French lit fans who never read…
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A Noise Within
Opera Season
Music to our ears? Well, yes. Call it confluence, say it’s symmetry, but this is definitely the Season of Opera here at ANW. Exhibit A: Our spring rep season gets off to a rollicking start with The Threepenny Opera. The show Newsweek called “the great musical of all time” ushered in a theatrical revolution in content…
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A Noise Within
Camps and Courses: Our “Smartest” Year Yet!
By Alicia Green So much new, so little space! Most exciting is the expansion of our super popular SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE program, which is now five weeks long, with two separate tracks for ability and age. I know it’s still early, but we expect to once again be completely full, so please spread the word—sign-ups are…
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A Noise Within
Words Within: Woyzeck
In honor of our first reading series event (Woyzeck on Monday, January 26), Resident Artist and Woyzeck Director Jeremy Rabb shared a few thoughts on the play. Many folks know the Berg opera, Wozzeck, but are less familiar with the Büchner play. Where did you first come across it? I saw Marcus Stern’s production at the American Repertory Theater…
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A Noise Within
REVOLUTION IN THE AIR
By Michael Bateman Syria, Ferguson, Iguala, Ukraine, Gaza, Hong Kong. Los Angeles protesters making their voices heard from July through December, and into 2015. Now Charlie Hebdo, Paris. Where to begin with the theme of revolution? When ANW chose a unifying vision for the 2014-15 season last spring, we considered revolution, societal upheaval, and disorderly…
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Behind the Scenes
