2010/2011 Season
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Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Murray
September 18-December 5, 2010
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The Duke of Vienna, realizing that through his neglect society has become a rotted den of iniquity, transfers his authority to Angelo - by all accounts an unblemished, morally uncompromising servant of God. But an irresistible sexual attraction to Isabel, a novice nun seeking pardon for her condemned brother, transforms saint into beast in Shakespeare's timeless case study in lethal hypocrisy.
A Noise Within's production of Measure for Measure is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
Blithe Spirit
By Noel Coward
Directed by Damaso Rodriguez
October 2-December 17, 2010
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Novelist Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth get more than they bargained for when during a "just for the fun of it" after-dinner seance led by local spiritualist and resident eccentric Madame Arcati, an uninvited guest from the great beyond crashes the party. So begins a delightfully cosmic clash of personalities both worldly and otherwise in English wit-master Noel Coward's glittering comedy of the soul.
Dickens' Great Expectations
Adapted by Neil Bartlett
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott
October 23-December 19, 2010
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Orphaned as an infant and thrust into a childhood of cruel poverty, Pip clings to the hope of a brighter life. On a rain-swept winter's eve, great tidings arrive. An anonymous benefactor has anointed Pip heir to a tremendous fortune, setting into motion a life's journey ripe with wonder, heartbreak and finally triumph. A Noise Within revisits an early company hit with a powerful new stage adaptation by Neil Bartlett - adaptor of ANW's 2009 favorite Oliver Twist.
Noises Off
By Michael Frayn
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
January 21 - 30, 2011
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CRITICS CHOICE -LA Times
"Brilliantly performed farce." -KPCC
"Superb cast hit the banana peel running and never let up."-LA Times
Chaos reigns both onstage and off in Michael Frayn's joyfully out-of-control British farce. Under-rehearsed and over-worked, with a penchant for drama more personal than professional, a bumbling troupe of veteran thespians ready themselves for the world premiere of a new play with the auspicious title Nothing On. In the process they bring the house down--quite literally.
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Michetti
February 26 - May 14, 2011
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Send in the clowns indeed! One of the Bard's most beloved comedies, this zany adventure is an upside/down, inside/out, topsy-turvy world of identical twins, looney lovers, and joyfully inept near-misses. This non-stop freewheeling farce is guaranteed to delight - proof positive that double the Errors is double the fun.
A Noise Within's production of Comedy of Errors is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Michael Murray
March 12 - May 28, 2011
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Oh, to simply fit in! Trapped in the cultural suffocation of a backwater Mississippi hamlet, Alma Winemiller struggles to dim the unique glow of her soul. Blessed (or cursed) with a lyric sense of being, she bears a heavy cross of unrequited, unattainable love for the boy next door. Without a protector, her exquisite individuality is left vulnerable to the destructive forces of small-town intolerance in American Master Tennessee Williams' ode to fragile beauty.
The Chairs
By Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
April 2 - May 21, 2011
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Considered to be the Father of Absurdist drama, Eugene Ionesco was one of the 20th century's leading theatrical innovators. His masterwork The Chairs synthesizes the distorted perceptions that surround the acts of living and dying through a vision so unique, so dazzling that we are left breathless by its profundity. Inexplicably hilarious and tragic, The Chairs is sure to be an unforgettable experience.
*Plays, productions, casting, performance dates and times are subject to change.