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    Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s Deliciously Dark Farce

    “We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short.” —Septimus Hodge, Arcadia Directed by Stephen Rockwell, 2016’s first Resident Artist reading brings one of Stoppard’s brilliantly funny…

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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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    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…