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A Noise Within
Behind the Scenes: Creating a Brick Floor
Resident Carpenter, Dani Maupin, is consistently creating ingenious processes for the execution of scenic design here at ANW. The set for The Madwoman of Chaillot (playing now-Nov. 11) has a lovely brick floor… check out the video to see how we did it! Hint: it involved handmade stamps. Learn more about the show and buy…
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Jeff Gardner is back at ANW after 25 years!
A Noise Within chats with Jeff Gardner, sound designer for The Madwoman of Chaillot and Summer with Shakespeare program alum to talk about his experiences with the theatre, and what he’s most excited for this season! We hear that you are an alum of Summer with Shakespeare ’93! Tell us a bit about your experience, and…
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Costuming A Tale of Two Cities
Jenny Foldenauer, Costume Designer for this Fall’s A Tale of Two Cities, talked to us about what it took to costume for two distinct countries, within a specific time period, and on an enormous scale (23 actors!). Read on to find out how she did it! When costuming for a specific time period, how do…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
We asked you how we could improve your theatre experience and we listened; we are making it easier for you to hear our actors on stage! Thanks to the Pasadena Community Foundation’s Capital Grant Program, there will be no more hard hearing at a Noise Within thanks to our brand new Hearing Loop. What is…
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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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You Are What You Wear: The Costumes of King Lear
Costumes have a major impact on not only the way we as audience members see characters on stage, but often the way actors themselves see and feel their characters. Learn more about our costumes from the past 25 years at our Costume Runway show on July 18th. Hear behind the scenes stories, watch our resident artists…
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Translating Theatre: Your guide to stage-lingo
Theatre language can be daunting for even the experienced theatre-goer. A comprehensive Theatre to English Dictionary does not yet exist, so in the meantime, we offer a few translations from behind the scenes to help you feel more prepared and in-the-know the next time you’re at ANW. 1. Vom. Now we know what you are…
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Storytelling and Arts in Prison
At A Noise Within, an important part of our work involves engagement with community organizations whose values align with our own. In setting our production of Man of La Mancha in a modern-day prison facility, director Julia Rodriguez-Elliott hoped to showcase the transforming effect storytelling can have on the lives of prisoners. This spring we developed partnerships…
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Asked and Answered: King Lear Projections
We’ve pulled together a few of our favorite questions from the post-show surveys about the projections in King Lear, and asked our projection designer Dave Mickey to tell us about the design process and how the visuals came together. What was the design process like? It was a collaboration among Julia, Fred (Kinney, scenic designer) and me. I was brought in…
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Behind the Scenes
