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Discussion Groups

INSIDERS: INTERACTIVE, INTIMATE & INTENSELY ENGAGING.

INsiders is a unique salon for our patrons: the perfect way to exchange ideas on our plays. Discussions will be led by A Noise Within's resident dramaturg Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad.

Join us on select Sundays at 12:30 pm for an exciting INsiders Discussion at A Noise Within! Don’t miss these engaging conversations before the 2:00 pm matinee. The INsider event is FREE to our patrons, but please RSVP.

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

August 30, 2026 – 12:30pm
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Come From Away 

Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
October 11, 2026 – 12:30pm
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As You Like It

By William Shakespeare
February 14, 2027 – 12:30pm
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

By Neil Bartlett
March 28, 2027 – 12:30pm
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Trouble in Mind

By Alice Childress
May 16, 2027
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Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad
With ANW: Dramaturg: Death of a Salesman, Richard III, A Christmas Carol, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, One Man Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, The Piano Lesson, The Skin of Our Teeth, Misalliance, King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Bluest Eye, The Book of Will, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Much Ado About Nothing, Radio Golf, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses, All’s Well That Ends Well, Argonautika, Othello; Educator and Consultant since 2011.

Other Theatres: Dramaturg: Amadeus, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse State Theater; Dramaturg, Measure Still for Measure, Boston Court Theater; Consultant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Dr. Johnson-Haddad has taught Shakespeare, Drama, and Literature at Howard University, UCLA, Vassar College, and Yale University. She is a frequent speaker at Los Angeles Opera, the Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley, and elsewhere.

Education/Training: Ph.D. Renaissance Studies, Yale University; B.A. Comparative Literature, Princeton University.

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