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    A “phone call” with Martín Carrillo

    Ever wonder how we get that phone to ring on stage in The Maids? (Spoiler alert – Monsieur isn’t actually calling from prison). There is a complex process of wiring that makes the phone ring until you pick it up! Sound designer Martín Carrillo (who previously worked on Antigone and Romeo and Juliet) shares more about this…

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    Test your knowledge of our opening night flowers!

    Did you know? ANW Resident Artist Jill Hill is also an expert floral designer! Before every opening night, Jill prepares elaborate arrangements that are out of this world. Take this quiz to see if you can guess which show corresponds with each arrangement! Photos by Megan Farber and Nadia Santamaria.

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    The Cast of Arcadia‘s Field Trip to the Huntington

    by Chloe Bates, Marketing and Events Assistant A few weeks ago, the cast of Arcadia and a few ANW Staff members took a field trip to the Huntington Gardens and Library to learn more about the 1800’s English countryside in which Tom Stoppard’s play is set. We are so excited to share the amazing pictures and stories from…

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    Thank you!

    Thank you to all the generous donors who gave to our Back to School Campaign supporting our Classics Live! Education program. Every year, A Noise Within provides over 15,000 students with full or partial scholarships to participate in the Classics Live! education program. These scholarships include: Performance tickets Transportation Post-show conversations with the artists Online…

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    A Doctor’s Note from Alan Blumenfeld

    As a Resident Artist, being a part of the A Noise Within family means the world to me. I am heartbroken to not be a part of what I sure will be a spectacular production of The Imaginary Invalid. I’ve never had to withdraw from a show before. Right now, I have to put my…

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    Open House 2016 Highlights

    A huge thanks to everyone who showed up at our Open House event last Saturday, September 17! Though the doors-wide-open, behind-the-scenes-peek was envisioned to be a special treat just for our our 25th Anniversary Celebratory season, its success is inspiring us to make it an annual event. For those of you who may have missed it,…

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    We’ll Miss You, Summer Interns!

    Rather than baking in the unforgiving Los Angeles sun, or trudging through some overcrowded outdoor music festival, three incisive college students wisely decided to spend their summer interning here at A Noise Within Theatre!  Let’s meet these lovely youths, shall we? Sophie: Education Intern Hometown: Arcadia, CA UC Berkely c/o 2016 Theatre and Performance Studies Major/Education…

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    Share Your Story: Loretta Coha

    We took the opportunity to chat with one of our season pass holders, Loretta Coha, about what she loves about A Noise Within. Check out her responses below! How (and when) did you discover ANW? I discovered ANW when they started out many years ago in Glendale. I was living in Glendale at the time…

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    The 1947 “Failure” of Jean Genet’s The Maids

    Genet is on record describing The Maids as a “failure.” Why? Christopher Lane, in his article “The Voided Role: On Genet”, supposes that the “failure” of the play is encoded in its message, or we might say, in its poetics…. Lane writes that “Genet’s interest in his characters’ fantasies and identifications interrupts what might seem an obvious oscillation between master and…

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