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    Greet Robert Oriol, our Newest Resident Artist!

    Sound consultant, composer, and musician extraordinaire Robert Oriol has just been named our newest A Noise Within Resident Artist by Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. Congratulations, Robert! His first association with ANW was with As You Like It in 2007, when Robert was brought into the fold by director Michael Michetti (who…

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    Director’s Corner

    Mary Jo DuPrey directs a special Words Within’s reading of Beaumarchais’ The Barber of Seville on Wednesday, April 8 at 7pm. We talked with her about this much-anticipated event. Q: Mary Jo, you’ve known about our Company for some time, right? A: Yes! But this is my first time directing for A Noise Within, and…

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    Spring’s the Thing

    The spring season is a hive of activity, all great and good. Your wish is our command: Our inaugural First Stage is here. This conservatory for the very youngest actors begins at the end of February. (Limited space is still available.) Voice, Acting Shakespeare, and British Dialect for adults also kicks off this month; as always,…

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    An Interview with Charles Morey

    David Andrusia interviews Figaro playwright Charles Morey. Light is shed on the adaptation process of this fierce—and very funny—French farce! Meet the Author! Charles Morey give a very special free symposium on March 4th at 6pm before our 7:30 preview. DA: We share a deep, dark secret. We’re both French lit fans who never read…

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    Opera Season

    Music to our ears?  Well, yes. Call it confluence, say it’s symmetry, but this is definitely the Season of Opera here at ANW. Exhibit A: Our spring rep season gets off to a rollicking start with The Threepenny Opera. The show Newsweek called “the great musical of all time” ushered in a theatrical revolution in content…

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    Camps and Courses: Our “Smartest” Year Yet!

    By Alicia Green So much new, so little space! Most exciting is the expansion of our super popular SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE program, which is now five weeks long, with two separate tracks for ability and age. I know it’s still early, but we expect to once again be completely full, so please spread the word—sign-ups are…

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    Words Within: Woyzeck

    In honor of our first reading series event (Woyzeck on Monday, January 26), Resident Artist and Woyzeck Director Jeremy Rabb shared a few thoughts on the play. Many folks know the Berg opera, Wozzeck, but are less familiar with the Büchner play. Where did you first come across it? I saw Marcus Stern’s production at the American Repertory Theater…

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    REVOLUTION IN THE AIR

    By Michael Bateman Syria, Ferguson, Iguala, Ukraine, Gaza, Hong Kong. Los Angeles protesters making their voices heard from July through December, and into 2015. Now Charlie Hebdo, Paris. Where to begin with the theme of revolution? When ANW chose a unifying vision for the 2014-15 season last spring, we considered revolution, societal upheaval, and disorderly…

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