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    You Never Can Tell: Four Costume Secrets

    This spring, audiences have been transported into the turn-of-the-century British seaside resort, the Marine Hotel—thanks in large part to the sets of Don Llewellyn and the costume design of Angela Balogh Calin. We took a few moments to chat up costume coordinator Maria Uribe to get some behind-the-scenes scoop on those stunning period costumes. All…

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    Our Favorite Moments

    As our 15-16 repertory season winds down (ending on May 15th!), we’ve asked our cast, crew, and staff to share some of their favorite moments from the season. “Rafael [Goldstein], who really does not like heights at all, being willing to be up on the catwalk as Six Characters opens. The look on his face…

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    Romeo and Juliet Scenic Design: Why the dolls?

    In post-show conversations and survey responses, we’ve received a few inquiries about the dolls used on our production of Romeo and Juliet. Now, scenic and costume designer, Angela Balogh Calin shares her thought process. In Romeo and Juliet, we use the dolls to visually underscore Juliet’s lost innocence. We constantly forget how young Juliet is…

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    ANW’s Teacher of the Year 2016: Mary Lang

    We are happy to announce that Mary Lang has been selected as our 15-16 Teacher of the Year! While it was difficult to select one winner out of the many qualified and dedicated teachers with whom we work, we felt that Mary’s passion and commitment to her students and her willingness to go above and…

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    Meet Will Bradley!

    Figaro‘s funny Cherubin last spring is now the Bard’s leading man. Will Bradley made his ANW debut in Figaro, about which Stage Raw wrote, “Bradley could hardly make for a more appealingly frisky Cherubin.” Now he takes on one of the stage’s great roles as Romeo in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We talked to the…

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    “Embrace the wackiness!” of Shaw’s You Never Can Tell

    Director Stephanie Shroyer discusses the warmth and wisdom of Shaw’s sunniest, funniest play. “What family is not peculiar?” asks Stephanie Shroyer, guest director of George Bernard Shaw’s You Never Can Tell. “Embrace the wackiness!” extols Stephanie, who is an associate professor at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts (where she is also Associate Artistic Director). She’s…

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    Six Characters in Search of an Author: Meet the Stepdaughter

    She wants revenge. She wants to get to the truth: her truth and nothing but her truth. These six characters live in a fixed reality more painfully human than one could imagine. They are wandering spirits looking for an end—and to be set free as they plead their cases to a jury of actors. On…

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    SOUND, DESIGNED: Composer Martín Carrillo revisits Romeo and Juliet

    An Ovation Award™ winner for his sound design for Romeo and Juliet at Boston Court in 2004, Martín Carrillo returns to the iconic play with fresh ideas and compositions at ANW this spring. This will be Martín’s sophomore appearance at ANW following his highly lauded work on Jean Anouilh’s Antigone earlier this season. Now he…

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    Meet our Juliet!

    Newcomer stars as Juliet in her first performance at ANW Born and raised in Galway, Ireland, Donnla Hughes barely stepped off a plane at LAX before she was cast as an understudy in the Geffen’s production of Outside Mullingar. In similarly short order—yet after an extensive search process—Donnla was picked as our Juliet. A bachelor’s…

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    Six Characters in Search of an Author: Abby Craden is The Mother

    She is the embodiment of grief and sorrow in this fascinating play. Grief for what is lost and at times irretrievable in a lifetime. I am so intrigued by this play that takes on issues of human identity, the roles we play and masks we wear, the issues of who we are as people or…

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