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About Us
A Noise Within produces classic theatre as an essential means to enrich our community by embracing universal human experiences, expanding personal awareness, and challenging individual perspectives. Learn more about ANW and all the amenities we offer!

An oasis for those who love classic stories. Los Angeles Times

Rachel Berney Needleman

AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2023-24 Season: Assistant Director, Misalliance.

PREVIOUS: Assistant Stage Manager, Waiting for Godot, Much Ado About Nothing.

ELSEWHERE: As a director: What We’re Up Against, Five Second Chances (Pacific Resident Theatre Co-op), Cabaret Noel with Gigi Bermingham, Cowgirls (EST-LA), The Space Between (The Braid), 4 Minutes (MeetCute LA 2022), audio plays for Open Door Playhouse, and new play readings and workshops for Company of Angels, Chalk Rep, The Blank, EST-LA, Skylight and Theatricum Botanicum. Dramaturg credits include Antaeus (Diana of Dobson’s, Cloud 9, Henry IV) and Arizona Theatre Company (At Wit’s End).

Rachel is a co-author of the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards.