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    How-To Guide for A Noise Within’s Ticketing System

    Welcome to A Noise Within’s ticketing system! If you need help with the purchase or donation process, we’ve put together a how-to guide for our ticketing system. Account set up: This guide will take you step-by-step to recover your password, sign in, and secure seats for your next amazing theatrical experience. As a thank you…

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    Learn to Talk Like the Brits in Noises Off

    Need to brush up on your British slang? Not familiar with theatre lingo? No worries, we have a quick glossary of all the slang words and theatrical terms from Noises Off so that you don’t miss a single joke! Be in the know before the show, and you can join all the laughs in our hysterical production….

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    Sardines & Sardines: A Prop-tastic Disaster

    Noises Off has quite a lot on its plate – sardines, axes, flower bouquets, spare burglar costumes – you never know what you’ll find behind the curtain! With all its choreographed chaos, the production demands quite a lot from the cast and crew. And if the sardines don’t flop just the right way, you’re in for…

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    In the Company of Fine Art

    If you’ve visited the ANW theatre recently (and why wouldn’t you, Noises Off is on stage!), you might have noticed some new artwork up in our lobby. Our space is now graced with beautiful paintings by our Resident Artist, Mitchell Edmonds. Many of the works feature other Resident Artists, and offer glimpses of life backstage – a…

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    Noises Off Actors Dish on Their Theatrical Disasters

    Mistakes and mishaps can happen to anyone, but for actors onstage, the stakes are much higher when an entire audience has their eyes on you. The characters in Noise Off trip over themselves to put on the best performances of their lives, but, to their dismay, disaster after disaster makes their production spin out of their…

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    Which Subscription Pass Is Right for You?

    Is one show not enough to satisfy your theatrical needs?  We have good news for you!  We offer a variety of subscription passes so you can see any and all of our plays in our 2018-2019 Season “Let Me In.”  Not sure which pass is best for you?  Our subscription fairy godmother Deborah Strang has…

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    Langston Hughes: The Poetic Inspiration for Lorraine Hansberry

    Langston Hughes was one of the most prominent writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, a golden age of African American art in the 1920s that celebrated black life and culture through literature, music, stage performance, and visual art. Hughes’ poetry in particular was heavily influenced by jazz music, which he considered “one of the…

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    Dinner on Stage 2018 Recap

    A Noise Within held its annual Dinner On Stage on Thursday, March 8, and raised over $117,000. The money goes to fund ANW’s Classics Live! Program, which brings the transformative experience of live theatre to over 16,000 students and teachers every year. Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and the Resident Artists joined patrons…

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    A Tale of Two Beneathas

    Following a student matinee, cast members swarm the green room as they gather their things, exchange hugs, and poke fun at each other’s expense – much like they did as an onstage family. Sarah Hollis, who plays Beneatha Younger, talks about how during a Sunday performance she forgot her shirt onstage when she left to…

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