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A Noise Within
Erick Valenzuela de Campos, he/him
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Debut! ELSEWHERE: Zair Zom-Bea, 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse; Santa Claus, Santa’s Trial; Principal D, Life Beyond a Dream; Salesman, Simply Maria, or The American Dream; Miguel Urrutia, The Refugee Hotel. EDUCATION: BA- Psychology, CSUN. AA-Theatre, ELAC. Shakespeare workshop ELAC. Erick is beyond excited to debut at…
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A Noise Within
Riley Shanahan
Resident Artist
He/him/hisWith ANW: Marley/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Richard Mason /St. John Rivers / John Reed, Jane Eyre; Johnny Tarleton, Misalliance; Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other Theatres: Boston Court: Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon in Night of the Iguana; Utah Shakespeare Festival: Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Juliet, et al in Long Lost…(abridged); Book-It…
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A Noise Within
Hakop Mkhsian, he/him
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Debut! ELSEWHERE: The Actors’ Gang – Ubu the King (Dir. Tim Robbins), Shambles (Dir. Stefan Haves); Garry Marshall Theatre – Seedfolks (Dir. Joe Bwarie and Julie Pearl). EDUCATION: AA—Theater, East Los Angeles College
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Lindsey Steed
Lydia R. Diamond
In April of 1969, Lydia Diamond was born Lydia Gartin in Detroit, Michigan. After her parents divorced at a young age, Lydia was raised chiefly by her mother, who was a musician. Since she grew up in a very artistic family, Lydia always found herself drawn to the arts. Her artistic inclinations kept her company…
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Lindsey Steed
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18th, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Racial discrimination was a constant in her life from a young age, with the owner of her family’s apartment setting fire to the building with the Woffords inside after they fell behind on rent. In a 1993 interview she commented on…
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Lindsey Steed
Kamal Bolden
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Debut! Cholly, The Bluest Eye. ELSEWHERE: Off-Broadway: AUDELCO Award for Reparations (Billie Holiday Theatre), The Opponent (59E59St), Hands Up (National Black Theatre). Regional: Troy in Fences (American Blues Theatre), Immediate Family (Mark Taper Forum), Father Comes Home From The Wars… (Goodman Theatre), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Victory Gardens…
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Lindsey Steed
Indira Tyler
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Debut! Choreographer, The Bluest Eye. ELSEWHERE: Pamona College: Head Over Heals. Antaeus Theatre Glendale: Native Son. Boston Court Theatre Pasadena: Both And. USC McClintock Theatre: Mocking Bird. Azusa Pacific: As it is in Heaven. LAUSD: Once on This Island, Hairspray, In the Heights, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story,…
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Lindsey Steed
Suzen Baraka, she/her/hers
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Fred’s Wife/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Understudy Maureen, The Bluest Eye ELSEWHERE: Can I Touch It?, Rogue Machine Theater; Two Stop, Inkwell Theater; Grounded, Denizen Theater; 12 Ophelias, Atlantic Theater Company. FILM/TV: The Other Two, HBO/Max; Blue Bloods, CBS; Break, Showdown Productions. In 2018, Suzen Baraka pivoted from her legal career to train at the Atlantic Theater…
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Lindsey Steed
Andrew Schmedake
AT A NOISE WITHIN: Previous Seasons: Lighting Designer, The Bluest Eye. Elsewhere: Andrew Schmedake is a lighting designer and technical director for the arts and live entertainment. Recent credits include designs for Ensemble Theatre Company Santa Barbara, The Wallis Annenberg, Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, Boston Court, Rubicon Theatre Company and Antaeus Theatre Company….
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Lindsey Steed
Arielle Hightower, she/her/hers
AT A NOISE WITHIN: 2023-24 Season: Assistant Stage Manager, The Bluest Eye, King Hedley II ELSEWHERE: Almost, Maine, She Kills Monsters, Cabaret, CSUF College of the Arts; REVERB TAP COMPANY at Old Town Temecula Community Theater EDUCATION: BA — Theatre Arts with an Emphasis in Stage Management, CSUF






