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Things Get Folksy with Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead!
If you loved the magical sound in our spring season, you will be thrilled to know that Jeff Gardner is back for more with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He dishes on his musical influence (Danish folk music, anyone?) and his personal journey in sound design. What attracted you to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead? I…
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Q&A With R&G Director Geoff Elliott
Do you have questions that you are just dying to know about in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead? We sat down for a Q&A series with Geoff Elliott, the director of our production, to find out what exactly is going on in the play. Which is more than either Rosencrantz or Guildenstern get to learn. Question #1:…
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Q&A with Dale & Amy on Returning to Dorian Gray
After experiencing enormous success with audiences and critics at its 2006 premier at Boston Court Pasadena, A Picture of Dorian Gray has now come to ANW’s stage to sensationalize and seduce audiences once again. ANW’s production also brings back a few familiar faces from the original ensemble – Dale Sandlin and Amy Tolsky. The two of…
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are in Rehearsals
Trapped in a play within a play within a play. Flipping coins that always come up heads. Stuck in Shakespeare Purgatory. Such is the ill-fated destiny of our two heroes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. As we found out in first rehearsal, every aspect of the play will amplify the cat-and-mouse game that looms over the characters….
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Q&A with Cassandra Murphy About Reprising Her Role As Aldonza
We’re so excited welcome back Cassandra Marie Murphy to our revival of Man of La Mancha this year. Cassandra was kind enough to talk to us about her return to the beloved character of Aldonza! What is your take on the character of Aldonza/Dulcinea? Aldonza is an incredibly complex character. She’s calloused and has learned to…
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Sardines & Sardines: A Prop-tastic Disaster
Noises Off has quite a lot on its plate – sardines, axes, flower bouquets, spare burglar costumes – you never know what you’ll find behind the curtain! With all its choreographed chaos, the production demands quite a lot from the cast and crew. And if the sardines don’t flop just the right way, you’re in for…
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Noises Off Actors Dish on Their Theatrical Disasters
Mistakes and mishaps can happen to anyone, but for actors onstage, the stakes are much higher when an entire audience has their eyes on you. The characters in Noise Off trip over themselves to put on the best performances of their lives, but, to their dismay, disaster after disaster makes their production spin out of their…
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A Tale of Two Beneathas
Following a student matinee, cast members swarm the green room as they gather their things, exchange hugs, and poke fun at each other’s expense – much like they did as an onstage family. Sarah Hollis, who plays Beneatha Younger, talks about how during a Sunday performance she forgot her shirt onstage when she left to…
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Q&A with Noises Off Set Designer Fred Kinney
Michael Frayn’s side-splitting, critically-acclaimed farce Noises Off is making its much-anticipated return to our stage this season, setting up for hysterical laughter, actors running amok, and drama both onstage and offstage. To prepare for the show, we went behind the proverbial curtain to talk to Fred Kinney, Set Designer for our production of Noises Off. Could you…
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The King and the Tennis Ball
Did you know tennis balls can start a war? Just ask King Henry. At the beginning of Henry V, the prince of France sends Henry an insulting message via a bag of tennis balls that he is unfit to be king and is better off playing games and goofing around like he did during his youth….
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