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2026-27 SEASON

Come From Away

Book, Music and Lyrics by

IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN

Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
October 4 – November 8, 2026

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Performance Dates:
October 4 – November 8, 2026
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Come From Away

About performance

Hit musical Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 airline passengers stranded in a small Newfoundland town on 9/11. As fear and uncertainty give way to compassion and connection, a community opens its doors to the world. With a soaring score and deeply human storytelling, this production reflects A Noise Within’s distinctive approach to musicals and offers a rare opportunity to experience it in an intimate setting. Come From Away is a moving and uplifting celebration of kindness, resilience, and the power of coming together in extraordinary times.

COME FROM AWAY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

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Header Image: Photo by Abe Portillo.

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor: Susan Stevens

Presenting Sponsor: Terri Murray

Producing Sponsor: Carole Fritz

Sponsor: Joyce White

Student Matinee Sponsor: Helen & Will Webster Foundation

Post-Show Conversation Sponsor: Leilani Jones Wilmore

Special Performances

Opening Night

October 10, 2026 – 7:30pm
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Pride & Community Night

Join us on October 17 at the 7:30pm performance for a night full of laughter and joy in every color of the rainbow. This is a celebration where the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together, because everyone deserves to laugh out loud and love out loud! Join us for a free social mixer beginning at 6:30pm with tables hosted by our Pride partners.

October 17, 2026 – 7:30pm
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Pay What You Choose

Pay What You Choose tickets will be available to purchase online for as low as $10 starting at 12 pm on the Monday before the performance with the choice to pay $10 or $20 (excluding handling fee). Tickets can also be purchased at the Box Office after 2 pm day of the performance. Suggested price of $10.

October 7, 2026
October 8, 2026

INsiders discussion

Join us at 12:30 pm prior to the October 11, 2026 matinee for a FREE INsiders Discussion!

October 11, 2026 – 12:30pm
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Post-Show Conversations

After select Friday 7:30 pm and Sunday 2 pm performances, join us after the show for a conversation with the actors.

October 16, 2026
October 18, 2026
October 23, 2026
October 25, 2026
October 30, 2026

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.

October 31, 2026 – 2:00pm
November 1, 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!

October 24, 2026 – 7:30pm
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2026-27 Season

Come From Away

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artists + cast

CAST

Claude: Geoff Elliott*
Bonnie: Juliana Sloan*
Beverley: Cassandra Marie Murphy*
Janice: Hannah Sedlacek
Diane: Trisha Miller*
Nick: David Nevell*
Kevin T:Kasey Mahaffy*
Kevin J: Nathan Mohebbi*
Bob: Desmond Newson*
Hannah: Amber Liekhus*
Beulah: Lesley Fera*
Oz: Ed Martin*
Ensemble: Julianna Picasso
Bonnie and Others U/S: Nicole Delsack*
Kevin J. and Other U/S: Nirvan Patnaik*

Creative Team

Artistic Directors: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott*
Director: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Stage Manager: Angela Sonner*
Assistant Stage Manager: Hope Matthews*
Music Director: Rod Bagheri
Scenic Designer: Frederica Nascimento†
Costume Designer: Gary Lennon †
Lighting Designer: Ken Booth
Sound Designer: Jeff Gardner†
Wig & Make-up Designer: Tony Valdés
Projections Designer: Nick Santiago †
Dialect Coach: Andrea Odinov
Choreographer: Indira Tyler
Resident Dramaturg: Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad
Master Carpenter: Rochelle Concepcion
Master Electrician: Hailey McDill
Light Board Operator: Sam Campbell
A1: John Conant
A2: Alex Sandin
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: Ashley Marshall

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
§ The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
† Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 of the IATSE

Original Broadway Production Produced by Junkyard Dog Productions

Orchestrations by August Eriksmoen
Arrangements by Ian Eisendrath

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Alison Rodriguez
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2016-17 Season: Belle/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol

Previous Productions: The Stepdaughter, Six Characters in Search of an Author; Antoinette, A Flea in Her Ear; Calpurnia/Plebian, Julius Caesar; Dolly, The Threepenny Opera; Miranda, The Tempest; Mariane, Tartuffe; Cherry, The Beaux’ Stratagem; Belle/Laundress, A Christmas Carol; Curio, Twelfth Night, or What You Will; Edith, Blithe Spirit; Perdita, The Winter’s Tale; and also appeared in A Doll’s House; Skin of Our Teeth; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Man of La Mancha; O’Pioneers; The Threepenny Opera; Oedipus; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Hollywood Bowl

OTHER THEATRES: The Illyrian Players: Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night. The Lyric Hyperion Theater: The Vagina Monologues. IO West: Two Girls One Bard

EDUCATION/TRAINING: B.A. Theater–UCLA; Masters, Theater Education—University of Northern Colorado (2018)

Amber Liekhus
Resident Artist
With ANW: Hannah, Come From Away; Ma Rainey, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Mrs. Cratchit, A Christmas Carol; Mrs. Curtin, A Man of No Importance; Ensemble, The Skin of Our Teeth; Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd; u/s Ruby, King Hedley II.

Other Theatres: Amber has enjoyed a thrilling career across theatre, opera, and concert stages in the U.S. and abroad. Her theatre credits include Jelly’s Last Jam (Pasadena Playhouse), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Musical Theatre West, McCoy Rigby), We Can Do It (Wilshire Ebell Theatre), La Cage! (Hollywood Roosevelt), Annie (Hollywood Bowl), Sweet Charity (Reprise 2.0), and Blues in the Night (The Wallis). At A Noise Within, she has appeared as Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Curtin in A Man of No Importance, Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, and as a featured singer in The Skin of Our Teeth.

An accomplished operatic soprano, Amber has performed as the Queen of El Dorado in Candide (LA Opera), the title role in Suor Angelica (Opera di Roma), and Lily in Porgy and Bess (San Francisco Opera, LA Opera). She has appeared as a soloist with both the Southeast Symphony and Pacific Symphony. Amber also performs with the Singers of Soul, sings with DC6 Singers Collective in MUSE/IQUE’s Tribute to Etta James, and recently sang backup for Josh Groban at the Hollywood Bowl.

A highly sought-after vocal teacher and coach, Amber is the owner of Amber Liekhus Vocal Studio, where she trains singers of all levels, and serves as conductor of the Landlights Community Choir, inspiring and cultivating a love of music in her community. Her favorite role, however, is being mom to Julien and Jasper, alongside her supportive husband, Justin. Amberliekhusvocalstudio.com

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.

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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: 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
Producing Artistic Director
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

With ANW: Claude Elliott, Come From Away; Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman; Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Old Major and Boxer, Animal Farm; Director, One Man, Two Guvnors; Director, Jane Eyre; Director/John Heminges, The Book of Will. Director: The Winter’s Tale, Noises Off, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, All My Sons, Endgame, Eurydice, The Playboy of the Western World, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew. Actor: The Poet, An Iliad; Dodge, Buried Child; Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha; Midas and others, Metamorphoses; King Lear, King Lear.

Other Theatres: South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, California Repertory.

Education/Training: MFA, American Conservatory Theatre. Mr. Elliott is a recipient of multiple LADCC, BackStage, Garland, Robby, Drama-Logue, and LA Weekly awards, as well as the “Margaret Hartford Award for Distinguished Achievement” for ANW.

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.

Jeff Gardner
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:

2026-27 Season: Sound Design, Come From Away, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Previous Seasons: Sound Design, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, One Man Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, The Bluest Eye, Sweeney Todd, King Hedley II; Sound Designer: Radio Golf, Anna In The Tropics, Seven Guitars, The Winter’s Tale, Buried Child, Noises Off, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Raisin in the Sun, The Madwoman of Chaillot; Ensemble in The Tempest ‘93.

ELSEWHERE: Cry It Out for Echo Theater Company (Ovation Award—Best Production, 2018); Trevor for Circle X Theatre (Ovation Award—Best Production, 2015); and The Recommendation for IAMA Theatre (Ovation Award—Best Production, 2014). He has designed and performed throughout the country including Williamstown Theatre Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Baltimore Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre, DC, The Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, The Kirk Douglas Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Antaeus Theatre Company, as well as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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. 

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