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25th Anniversary
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    ANW’s Costume Runway Show left the audience in stitches!

    Just last week a Noise Within hosted its much-anticipated Costume Runway Show. For months the ANW artists and staff worked to make this vision into a reality. The night was full of excitement, quick-changes, laughter, and of course, oh so many costumes!     Resident Artist Deborah Strang had a particularly challenging night with a…

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    25th Anniversary Gala Recap

    On Saturday, April 29, A Noise Within held our 25th Anniversary Gala at the California Club. Months of work were dedicated to creating a night celebrating decades of creativity and storytelling on the stage. It was a night paying homage to ANW’s supporters, recognizing brilliant artists, and ensuring the continuity of our education programming.  Our 25th Anniversary Gala…

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    Thank you, Educators!

    Dear Educators, Happy Holidays! It is amazing that this Fall is already coming to a close, and as we reflect on 2016, we want to reach out and thank YOU, the teachers, professors, and school administrators without whom our work would not be possible. Over the past four months, we have seen thousands of students…

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    Open House 2016 Highlights

    A huge thanks to everyone who showed up at our Open House event last Saturday, September 17! Though the doors-wide-open, behind-the-scenes-peek was envisioned to be a special treat just for our our 25th Anniversary Celebratory season, its success is inspiring us to make it an annual event. For those of you who may have missed it,…

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    The American Dream, a summary

    The highly anticipated The American Dream: A Resident Artist Reading Festival was a huge success – an auspicious start to the many wonderful events planned around this, our milestone 25th anniversary season! From July 22-24, more than 500 patrons enjoyed six classic American plays, along with delicious food and beverages from an array of local…

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    The American Dream: A Resident Artist Festival Highlights

    Congrats to all of our opportunity drawing winners! Daily Drawing: Tickets & Tote Bag Alan Lamson – Friday Fred Manaster – Saturday Michael Toman – Sunday Dinner with the Resident Artist of Your Choice! Judy & Steve Bass Meet and Greek with Apollo Dukakis Joan Gamberg Courtyard Cocktails with Abby Craden Danny Campbell Local Flavor…

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    The American Dream Attendee Spotlight: Diana Peterson-More

    For the inaugural Resident Artist Reading Festival, Pasadena resident and self-proclaimed “avid season ticket holder” Diana Peterson-More has taken the plunge: she’s purchased a DREAMpass. And she’s here to tell us why. Diana wears many hats. Between her work as a lawyer and an organizational development consultant, she’s still managed to remain a loyal ANW…

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    The American Dream: A few words from Resident Artist Deborah Strang

    Deborah Strang, ANW Resident Artist most recently seen as Mrs Clandon in this spring’s You Never Can Tell, shares some insight into our inaugural Resident Artist Reading Festival and tells us about its genesis, what you can expect, and what she’s most excited for this July! So what exactly is the Resident Artist Reading Festival?…