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2026-27 SEASON

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens, Adapted by Geoff Elliott
November 28 - December 24, 2026

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Performance Dates:
November 28 - December 24, 2026

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A Christmas Carol

About performance

The region’s longest-running holiday tradition returns with new magic and beautifully reimagined scenic design! Perfect for all ages, this timeless story of redemption follows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve, setting him on a remarkable journey of self-discovery, compassion, and hope. Filled to the brim with music and merriment, A Christmas Carol is the perfect way to create cherished memories with your whole family. Witness Scrooge’s joyful transformation in this beloved holiday classic, a perfect burst of boundless good cheer for the season and beyond!

A Christmas Carol is not included in PremierPass packages but can be added on. 

Age Restrictions: Ages 5 and up. Babies and toddlers will not be permitted. Please visit our Ticket Policies page for more information. 

Content Advisory: Please be aware that this production uses fog, e-cigarettes, and a water-based hazer.

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Header Image: Henri Lubatti in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Daniel Reichert.

Photos:
1. Henri Lubatti and Oren Dennis-Ross in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Daniel Reichert.
2. Cast of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.
3. Henri Lubatti in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.
4. Riley Shanahan and Henri Lubatti in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.
5. Henri Lubatti and Trisha Miller in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.
6. Henri Lubatti and Cast of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.
7. Anthony Adu and Henri Lubatti in A Christmas Carol. Photo by Abe Portillo.

 

Sponsors

Sponsors: Joseph & Denise Lumarda

Student Matinee Sponsors: Jennifer & Rick Madden

Special Performances

Relaxed Performance

Relaxed Performances provide an inviting environment for those living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Delay, Neuromuscular Disorder, Sensory Integrative Dysfunction, Attention Deficit Disorder and Disorders of Social Interaction and Communication. To learn more or purchase tickets for this performance, click here.

November 29 – 11am
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Pay What You Choose

Pay What You Choose tickets will be available to purchase the Monday before the performance with the choice to pay $10 or $20. Tickets can also be purchased at the Box Office after 2 pm day of the performance.

December 3, 2026 - 7:00pm

GalaPro Closed Captioning

Join us for select performances, where we’re excited to offer GalaPro closed captioning, courtesy of the Perenchio Foundation, enhancing accessibility for all our patrons.

December 19, 2026 – 2:00pm
December 20, 2026 – 2:00pm
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Teen Nite

A special night for patrons ages 13 – 19. Come hang out with the A Noise Within Teen Leadership Council the hour before the 7:30 pm show for special events and free snacks!

December 5, 2026 – 7:00pm
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2026-27 Season

A Christmas Carol

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artists + cast

CAST

Ebenezer Scrooge: Henri Lubatti *
Bob Cratchit: Kasey Mahaffy*
Narrator: Alison Rodriguez*
Ghost of Christmas Present: Anthony Adu*
Ghost of Christmas Past: Trisha Miller *
Fred/Young Scrooge: Jack Zubieta*
Marley: Riley Shanahan*
Belle: Cassandra Marie Murphy *
Ghost of Christmas Future/Ensemble: Evan Lugo
Fred's Wife/Ensemble: Rachel K. Han
Tiny Tim: Oren Dennis-Ross
Martha Cratchit/Ensemble: Dorothy Smith
Peter Cratchit/Ensemble: Arihant Yadav
Youngest Scrooge/Cratchit child/Ensemble: Brendan Burgos
Belinda Cratchit/Ensemble: Eva Lorenz
Cratchit Child/Ensemble: Louisa Smith
Understudy for Tiny Tim: Josephine May

Creative Team

Artistic Directors/Directors: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott*
Music Director: Rod Bagheri
Stage Manager: Angela Sonner*
Assistant Stage Manager: Hope Matthews*
Scenic Designer: Frederica Nascimento†
Costume Designer: Angela Balogh Calin †
Lighting Designer: Ken Booth
Sound Designer: Robert Oriol
Wig & Make-up Designer: Tony Valdés
Projections Designer: Nicholas Santiago†
Dialect Coach: Andrea Odinov
Resident Dramaturg:  Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad
Master Carpenter: Rochelle Concepcion
Master Electrician: Georgia Shupper
Light Board Operator: Hailey McDill
A1 - Chloe Pate
A2 - Alex Sandin
Deck Crew - Josh Cruz
Deck Crew - Katelyn Hampton
Managing Director: Conner Criswell
General Manager: Sylwia Dudzińska
Casting Director/Artist Relations: Alison Rodriguez*
Production Manager: Juli Figueroa-Castro
Properties Designer / Technical Director: Stephen Taylor
Costume Shop Manager: Courtney Park
Costume Shop Stitcher/Wardrobe/Dresser: Ashley Marshall

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
† Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 of the IATSE

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS

A Noise Within’s Main Entrance and Box Office are located at 3352 E Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107.

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WALKING DIRECTIONS

Exit the parking structure at Level 1 on the Sierra Madre Villa Ave side where the elevators are located.

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RIDING THE METRO

A Noise Within is conveniently located within steps of the Metro A Line Sierra Madre Villa station.

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2026-27 Season
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Alison Rodriguez
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2026-27 Season: Narrator, A Christmas Carol

 With ANW: (Resident Artist) Stepdaughter, Six Characters in Search of an Author; Miranda, The Tempest; Mariane, Tartuffe; Edith, Blithe Spirit; Antoinette, A Flea in Her Ear; Calpurnia, Julius Caesar; Cherry, The Beaux Stratagem; and numerous others.

Other Theatres: Fringe Festival: 2 Girls One Bard, Illyrian Players; Lyric Hyperion Theater, IO West, Bovine Metropolis Denver, Villain Theater Miami. TV/FILM: Alison recently wrote, directed, produced and starred in a short film called P Land. Keep an eye out for its release @bigaltowing on Instagram.

Angela Balogh Calin
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2026-2027 Season: Original Costume Design: A Christmas Carol

Previous Seasons:
Original Costume Design: Exit The King, Death of a Salesman, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Christmas Carol
Set Design: Richard III, The Madwoman of Chaillot; The Imaginary Invalid; Romeo and Juliet; The Dance of Death; Ghosts; The School For Wives; Julius Caesar; The Seagull; The Winter’s Tale; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Cyrano de Bergerac (1995); The Country Wife. Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland; Buried Child; Gem of the Ocean; Noises Off; Othello; A Christmas Carol; Man of La Mancha; Henry V; The Madwoman of Chaillot; A Christmas Carol; Man of La Mancha (2017); King Lear; The Maids; The Imaginary Invalid; You Never Can Tell; Romeo and Juliet; A Flea in Her Ear; Julius Caesar; Figaro; The Threepenny Opera; The Dance of Death; The Tempest; Tartuffe; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Beaux’ Stratagem; A Christmas Carol; Cymbeline; The Bungler; Antony and Cleopatra; Twelfth Night, or What You Will; The Comedy of Errors; The Chairs; Great Expectations; Waiting for Godot; Loot; As You Like It; A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Hollywood Bowl and at ANW among others. Recipient of LADCC, Ovation, Garland, Drama-Logue awards.

OTHER THEATRES: South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre, The Old Globe, Laguna Playhouse, West Coast Ensemble, Milwalkee Rep., Georgia Shakespeare, Chautauqua Theatre Co., Ensemble Theatre Co., Antaeus Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, among others.

FILM/TV: 16 productions with I.R.S. Media, PBS, Full Moon Productions, Moviestore Entertainment, Romanian Films

EDUCATION/TRAINING: MFA, Set and Costume Design–The Academy of Fine Arts (Bucharest, Romania). Member of the Costume Designers Guild in the USA and Romania

Angela Sonner
Resident Artist
With ANW:Production Stage Manager: Come From Away, A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, The Skin of Our Teeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, Misalliance.

Other Theatres: The Sound of Music, Oliver!, The Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center; Afterglow, Midnight Theatricals; Enter Stage Right, 24th St Theatre; Adobe Punk, Evangeline: The Queen of Make-Believe, They Shoot Mexicans Don’t They?, About…Productions; Dream Hou$e, Arizona Theatre Company; Lydia, Medea, UCLA – Little Theatre; Toyer, Dodgers, We Are The Tigers, The Hudson Theatres; Sylvia, Cat’s Cradle, Sierra Madre Playhouse; The Story of Carlos Bulosan, East West Players. Angela has also been the Theatre Director for Performing Arts Workshops, West LA for the past nine years.

Education/Training: BA Theatre, UNR.

Cassandra Marie Murphy
Resident Artist
With ANW: Beverley, Come From Away; The Woman, Death of a Salesman; Belle, A Christmas Carol; Pauline Clench, One Man, Two Guvnors; Fortune Teller, The Skin of Our Teeth; Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd; First Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Moses/Minimus, Animal Farm; Lucina and others, Metamorphoses; Aphrodite/Atalanta/Meleager’s Mother/Woman of Lemnos, Argonautika; Queen Isabel, Henry V; Aldonza, Man of La Mancha.

Other Theatres:International Theatre: Ellen, Miss Saigon in Macau, China’s International Music Festival; Francesca, regional premiere, The Bridges Of Madison County; Esmeralda, Hunchback Of Notre Dame, 5 Star Theatricals; Eva Peron, Evita (Eddon Award Best Lead Performance); Fantine, Les Misérables (LA Premier, Ovation Nomination for Best Musical); Ellen, Miss Saigon (Ovation Nomination Best Musical, Broadway World Nomination Best Actress); Cathy Hyatt, Last Five Years.

Film/TV:ABC’s The Voice Finale, Unusual Suspects.

Voiceovers/Recordings: Choir, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One; Voice of Mulan, Disney’s: Mickey and The Magical Map.

@cassandram3

Love to John and Nora.

Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad
With ANW: Dramaturg: Come From Away, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Exit the King, 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: The Visit, 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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Frederica Nascimento
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

With ANW: (Resident Artist) Designed many productions including: Come From Away, Death of a Salesman, One Man Two Guvnors, Jane Eyre, The Skin of Our Teeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Alice in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, Argonautika, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Threepenny Opera, The Tempest, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Other Theatres: Works in theatre, film, and multidisciplinary design in the US and internationally. Being an architect informs her work with a focus on materiality, storytelling, and conceptual thinking, creating spaces and environments that are alive and empowered by collaboration. Next design: Amerika, directed by Dietrich Smith.

Education/ Training: MFA in Scenic and Production Design for Film at NYU/TSOA; Scholar with Gulbenkian Foundation and FLAD; Member of the Portuguese Architects Association; Usual Suspect at NY Theatre Workshop; USA 829/IATSE. Faculty at LAPC. Frederica is a recipient of the LA Drama Critics Circle Award in Scenic Design. www.fredericanascimento.com IG: @fredericanascimentodesign

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Geoff Elliott & Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Artist Directors
A Noise Within Producing Artistic Directors, Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott both hold Masters of Fine Arts from San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre. In 1991, they set an ambitious vision for ANW: to establish a home for the classics that would present a challenging repertory, take artistic risks, and ensure accessibility to diverse audiences. Through their passion and persistence, the theatre now ranks as a leading regional theatre and presenter of great world drama in Southern California.

Under their leadership, ANW has brought more than 250 productions to the stage and transformed a dream into reality with the establishment of its permanent Pasadena home. Their work in directing, acting, and producing has been widely recognized for its excellence, earning numerous awards and industry honors.

Their work has been recognized with numerous honors from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for producing, acting, and directing. This includes the prestigious Margaret Harford Award, the Polly Warfield Award, and the Distinguished Achievement in Direction Award.

They are also recipients of the Stage Raw Queen of the Angels Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple Ovation Awards for production, and the American Conservatory Theater Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field of theatre.

Photo by Abe Portillo.

Henri Lubatti
Resident Artist
With ANW: Kin Berenger, Exit the King; Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Charlie Clench, One Man, Two Guvnors.

Other Theatres: Otto Gross, The Talking Cure, Mark Taper Forum; Sir Walter Raleigh, The School Of Night, Mark Taper Forum; Rosencrantz, Hamlet, South Coast Repertory Theatre; Dauphin, Henry V, Old Globe San Diego; Father Munoz, The Prince of LA, Old Globe San Diego; Nanjac, An Ideal Husband, Seattle Repertory Theatre; Morrow, An American Daughter, Seattle Repertory Theatre; Oswald, Ghosts, Seattle Intiman Theatre.

Film/TV: Selected credits: Jean-Pierre in T.O.T.S. (Disney); Ilja in Sleeper Cell (Showtime).

Education/Training: BA – University of Washington.

Kasey Mahaffy
Resident Artist
With A Noise Within: Kevin T, Come From Away; Bernard, Death of a Salesman; Mr. Cratchit, A Christmas Carol; Francis Henshall, One Man, Two Guvnors; Alfie Byrne, A Man of No Importance; Stage Manager, The Skin of Our Teeth; Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Pirelli, Sweeney Todd; Ralph Crane, The Book of Will; Phaeton and others, Metamorphoses; Bob Cratchit, A Christmas Carol; March Hare/Tweedle Dum, Alice in Wonderland; Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein; Garry Lejeune, Noises Off; Jim O’Connor, The Glass Menagerie; Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (LA Drama Critics Circle Award); Sancho Panza, Man of La Mancha; Dauphin, Henry V; Fool, King Lear; Dr. Valentine, You Never Can Tell; Trinculo, The Tempest.

Other Theatres: The Inheritance, Geffen Playhouse; The Heart of Robin Hood, The Wallis/Hong Kong Cultural Centre; Peter and the Starcatcher, Crimes of the Heart, You Nero, Taking Steps, South Coast Rep; The Miracle Worker, Assassins, Berkshire Theatre Festival.

Film/TV: Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Grace & Frankie, Truth Be Told, NCIS, 9-1-1, AHS, CSI.

Ken Booth
Resident Artist
With ANW: Come From Away, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, The Skin of Our Teeth, Misalliance, Sweeney Todd, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Much Ado About Nothing, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses, An Iliad, Alice in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, Argonautika, Henry V, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Julius Caesar, The Threepenny Opera, Great Expectations, Man of La Mancha, The Glass Menagerie, King Lear, The Tempest, The Dance of Death, Buried Child, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Noises Off, Ubu Roi, The Tragedy of Richard III, and the holiday annual A Christmas Carol.

Education/Training: He graduated from UCLA in 1982. 

Riley Shanahan
Resident Artist
With ANW: Marley/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Richard Mason /St. John Rivers / John Reed, Jane Eyre; Johnny Tarleton, Misalliance; Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Other Theatres: Boston Court: Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon in Night of the Iguana; Utah Shakespeare Festival: Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Juliet, et al in Long Lost…(abridged); Book-It Repertory Theatre: Hemingway in A Moveable Feast; Café Nordo; Cape Rep Theatre; PCPA; Theater of War; ArtsWest Playhouse; Intiman Theater; Seattle Shakespeare Company.

Film/TV: Robotman/Cliff Steele in Doom Patrol, Titans, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Chicago PD; Breakdown; I Am Easy to Find; Gender Card Flip, Twenty Pounds to Happiness; Parallel Lines; Nice Guy. Voiceover: Doom Patrol; Microsoft; Serta; Fluor.

Education/Training: BFA, Cornish College of the  Arts. As a director: The Tempest with The Liminal Space Players; As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra with ANW’s Summer with Shakespeare.

Robert Oriol
Resident Artist
With ANW: Original Music Composition/Sound Design: Death of a Salesman, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, The Skin of Our Teeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Metamorphoses, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein, Argonautika, Henry V, A Tale of Two Cities, King Lear, Arcadia, Six Characters in Search of an Author, All My Sons, A Flea in Her Ear, Julius Caesar, Figaro, The Dance of Death, Tartuffe, As You Like It, The Imaginary Invalid, Pericles, Prince of Tyre.  Sound Design: Kiss of the Spider Woman. Musical Direction/Sound Design: The Grapes of Wrath.

Other Theatres: Music Composition/Sound Design for various venues including Boston Court, Odyssey, Open Fist, and Theatre of Note. 2020 Ovation Awards Honors Recipient in Music Composition for a Play (Frankenstein). 2019 LADCC Special Award Recipient for Distinguished Achievement in Theatrical Design.

Rod Bagheri
Resident Artist
With ANW: Music Director, Come From Away, A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, The Skin of Our Teeth, Animal Farm, A Christmas Carol, Sweeney Todd.

Other Theatres: Seen both as a conductor/pianist and as an actor, Rod has been a music director for several local companies including The Candlelight Pavilion (Legally Blonde, Footloose, 9 to 5), The Wayward Artist (Next To Normal) and The Chance Theater (Lysistrata Jones, West Side Story). Recently as an actor: Davey in Newsies (3d Theatricals), Jerry Lee Lewis u/s in Million Dollar Quartet (National Tour), Jesus in Godspell (The Wayward Artist). Former Assistant Conductor for Pageant of the Masters. Has taught voice, piano, and improv for over a decade.

Tony Valdés
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2026-27: Wigs & Make-up Design: Come From Away

Previous Seasons: Wigs & Make-up Design, Exit the King, Death of a Salesman, Richard III, A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, The Skin of Our Teeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses

Graduate from the University of Puerto Rico where he earned a B.A. in Fine Arts on Theater, Tony worked for fifteen years as a hair and makeup artist on professional theatrical productions and Television. Since he moved to Los Angeles, Tony has worked as professional HMU artist at CNN Spanish Edition, stage, fashion, music videos and Independent Films. Tony taught classes from Beauty Makeup to Special FX along his position as Co-Director and Dean of Academics at EI School of Professional Makeup in Hollywood for 20 years. As the owner of Tombola Stage Hair & Makeup, he offers wig styling classes and wig styling services.

Trisha Miller
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2026-27 Season: Diane, Come From Away.

Previous Seasons: Queen Margaret, Richard III; Ghost of Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol; Dolly, One Man, Two Guvnors; Blanche/Bessie/Grace Poole, Jane Eyre; Mrs. Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth; Lina Szczepanowska, Misalliance; Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Elizabeth/Emilia, The Book of Will; Squealer, Animal Farm (LA Drama Critics Circle Award); Alcyone and others, Metamorphoses; Hermione, The Winter’s Tale; Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol; Athena, Argonautika; Goneril, King Lear.

Other Theatres: Artistic Associate of Trinity Shakespeare Festival (6 seasons-Dallas/Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Award); Associate Artist of Kentucky Repertory Theatre (4 seasons); Nebraska Rep; Northern Stage; Artists Repertory Theatre; Southwest Shakespeare Company; Las Vegas Shakespeare; and many others .

Film/TV: Little Rituals, Masters of Doom, Witch-Hunt.

Videogames: BioShock, Gears of War, Battlefield, and Tales from the Borderlands franchises.

Education/ Training: MFA Acting, Wayne State University’s Hilberry Rep.

Other: @heyitstrishamiller