Misalliance Program

G E O R G E B E R N A R D S H AW ’ S

MISALLIANCE DIRECTED BY

GUILLERMO CIENFUEGOS

M AY 1 2 – J U N E 9 , 2 0 2 4

George Bernard Shaw’s

Misalliance

Directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos A NOISE WITHIN’S 2023-24 SEASON IS PRESENTED BY S. Mark Taper Foundation PRODUCING SPONSORS James & Trevessa Terrile

STUDENT MATINEE SPONSORS Lyn Spector

SPONSORS Kathy & Jim Drummy

POST SHOW CONVERSATION SPONSOR Carole Fritz

CREATIVE TEAM & CREW Scenic Designer

Stage Manager

Costume Designer

Assistant Stage Manager

Lighting Designer

Assistant Director

Sound Designer and Composer

Assistant Lighting Designer

Properties Designer

Dialect Coach

Wig/Makeup Designer

Board Operator

Angela Balogh Calin† Christine Cover Ferro Ken Booth

Chris Moscatiello† Stephen Taylor

Angela Sonner* Hope Matthews*

Rachel Berney Neddleman Cici Mao

Andrea Odinov

Tony Valdes

Sam Campbell

Fight Choreographer

Dramaturg

Kenneth R. Merckx

Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad

CAST Johnny Tarleton Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Shanahan* Bentley Summerhays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josey Montana McCoy* Hypatia Tarleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erika Soto* Mrs. Tarleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deborah Strang* Mr. John Tarleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Van Norden* Lord Summerhays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick Stuart* Joseph Percival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Lin Lina Szczepanowska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trisha Miller* Julius Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Bitton* UNDERSTUDIES U/S Johnny Tarleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Garnett* U/S Bentley Summerhays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Sloan* U/S Hypatia Tarleton: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline Misaye* U/S Joseph Percival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Adu* U/S Lina Szczepanowska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Marie Murphy* U/S Julius Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan La Rocque* U/S for Lord Summerhay & Mr. John Tarleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MJ Sieber* U/S for Mrs. Tarleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam Trotter 2 A NOISE WITHIN

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Special Thanks To: South Coast Repertory Theatre. † Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 of the IATSE. * Represented by the 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.

Photos, cover and above, by Daniel Reichert. Trisha Miller.

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LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Dear A Noise Within family, Thank you for making Season 32 our biggest ever—breaking multiple box office records and more sold-out performances than any other season in our history. Our success sets a high bar for the next season, promising an equally thrilling lineup of productions designed around the theme of “True Grit” featuring powerful stories that delve into the depths of tenacity and determination.

The season begins with Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, an off-the-wall comedy that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Next, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson depicts the complexities of family legacy and the determination of feuding siblings to uphold their sense of identity.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth follows, presenting a haunting portrayal of ambition leading to horror and madness. Jane Eyre offers Elizabeth Williamson’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s timeless novel and the indomitable spirit of its titular heroine as she forges her own path.

The season concludes with the award-winning musical A Man of No Importance, by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens, which explores the hard-fought battles for love, artistic expression, and community.

In the middle of it all is A Christmas Carol, the festive classic that has been enchanting audiences in Southern California for over a decade, becoming a beloved tradition for many families.

Subscription renewals for 2024-25 are underway, but you can contact the box office now if you want to be a subscriber for next season. We will be seating new subscribers after June 1.

We’re excited to share this unforgettable and gritty new season with you, and we thank you for your continued support of A Noise Within.

Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS 4 A NOISE WITHIN

Photo by Craig Schwartz. Erika Soto.

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Riley Shanahan* (Johnny Tarleton Jr)

Josey Montana McCoy* (Bentley Summerhays)

Erika Soto* (Hypatia Tarleton)

Deborah Strang* (Mrs. Tarleton)

Peter Van Norden* (Mr. John Tarleton)

Frederick Stuart* (Lord Summerhays)

Dan Lin (Joseph Percival)

Trisha Miller* (Lina Szczepanowska)

Joshua Bitton* (Julius Baker) 2024 SPRING 5

CHARACTER MAP John Tarleton An intelligent middleaged man who made his fortune selling underwear. He loves to talk, especially when discussing ideas and books.

Hypatia Tarleton Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tarleton. Intelligent and spirited, she represents Shaw’s portrayal of the “New Woman.”

Lord Summerhays Bentley’s father. An aristocratic middleaged man with a kind spirit and a wandering eye. He is the former governor of a British colonial province in India.

Bentley Summerhays A young aristocrat who is engaged to Hypatia.

He is witty and good in an argument, yet he is also somewhat entitled and can be childish and manipulative.

Mrs. Tarleton John Tarleton’s wife.

A sympathetic yet shrewd woman.

Though easily shocked, she is a warm and motherly person.

Johnny Tarleton Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tarleton. He is a serious and thoughtful man, although many of the other characters underestimate his intelligence.

Joseph Percival A pilot and a friend of Bentley’s. Although intensely drawn to Hypatia, he is extremely pragmatic about marriage.

Lina Szczepanowska A Polish circus performer who is traveling with Percival. She is an exciting figure who draws the attention of most of the men with her daring demeanor and independent lifestyle.

Married

Julius Baker A mysterious figure who plans to kill Tarleton.

He is a socialist clerk who is down on his luck and wants to avenge his late mother’s wrongs.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR GEORGE BERNARD SHAW George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, political activist, and essayist. He wrote more than sixty plays, as well as music and literary criticism; five (unpublished) novels; short stories; political tracts; numerous “position papers” for the socialist Fabian society; and countless letters.

He received the Nobel prize for literature in 1925.

Although born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London at the age of twenty and lived there for the rest of his life; he did not even visit Ireland for another twentynine years. He was essentially “Anglo-Irish playwright George self-taught, spending his days Bernard Shaw writing in notebook reading at the British Museum and at time of first production of his play Pygmalion.” 2014. his evenings attending lectures and debates. He did not achieve success with his dramatic works until he was in his forties, but once he did so, his success was enormous.

Shaw was a highly complex figure whose social and political views often appeared contradictory. Although an ardent socialist, he was intrigued by, and even approving of, many aspects of Fascism. He greatly admired Stalin, whom he commended, for trying “to get something done.” He was an active member of the Fabian Society, which advocated achieving the goals of democratic socialism but through means of gradual change, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. He was a committed vegetarian; he was also opposed to vaccines. He was sympathetic to the plight of many oppressed peoples, yet later in life he espoused eugenics.

Above all, Shaw goaded people—including the audiences who attended his plays—into questioning their own cherished assumptions about the world in which they lived. And he had a remarkable capacity to deliver his provocations with humor, even when it was at his own expense. ♦

By Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad Resident Dramaturg

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CAST Riley Shanahan (Johnny Tarleton Jr) WITH ANW: Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ELSEWHERE: 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 with Brendan Fraser in Doom Patrol, Titans, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Breakdown; Gateway; Parallel Lines; Chicago PD; I Am Easy to Find; The Gender Card Flip. VOICEOVER: Doom Patrol; Microsoft; Serta; Fluor.

AWARDS: Broadway World Seattle Critics Choice for Best Leading Actor in a Play, 2016. EDUCATION: BFA, Cornish College of the Arts.

As a director: The Tempest with The Liminal Space Players.

Josey Montana McCoy he/ him (Bentley Summerhays) WITH ANW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

ELSEWHERE: Floyd Collins Ovation and LADCC nominated best featured actor; Rogers the Musical and Frozen Live at the Hyperion at Disneyland Resort; Big River, Newsies, The Pokémusical, Bronies. Touring: Ragtime, A Christmas Carol, Magic Tree House. VO: Genshin Impact, Batwheels, Harry Potter Magic Awakened. Josey is honored to be back on the ANW stage. He grew up in Inez, Kentucky and now calls Burbank home. An avid 8 A NOISE WITHIN

sports fan, you can catch him at most LAFC home matches. He sends constant love and thanks to his wonderful wife Josie and beautiful boy Lincoln.

Erika Soto she/her (Hypatia Tarleton) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing; Eurydice and others, Metamorphoses; Helen, All’s Well That Ends Well; Ensemble, Sonnets for an Old Century (NoiseNow audio play), Alice, Alice in Wonderland; Elizabeth/Female Creature, Frankenstein; Poppy Norton-Taylor, Noises Off; Laura Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie; Katherine/ Boy, Henry V; Vivie Warren, Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Cordelia, King Lear; Thomasina Coverly, Arcadia; Dolly Clandon, You Never Can Tell. ELSEWHERE: Boston Court Pasadena: Jessica, Everything That Never Happened; Independent Shakespeare Co.: Julia, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Miranda, The Tempest; Juliet, Romeo and Juliet; Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew; Constance Neville, She Stoops to Conquer; Mopsa, The Winter’s Tale; Mary Moore, Red Barn (Premiere); Ingenue, Strange Eventful History (Premiere). TV: Eric (Netflix), Vida (STARZ), Side Hustle (Nickelodeon), Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion (Disney). EDUCATION: University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts, B.A.; British American Drama Academy, London, UK.

Deborah Strang she/her (Mrs. Tarleton) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol, Clover, Animal Farm, Countess, All’s Well, The Poet, An Iliad; Winter’s Tale; Buried Child; Noises Off; Glass Menagerie; Picture of Dorian Gray; Henry V; Madwoman of Chaillot; Ah, Wilderness!; Imaginary Invalid; You Never Can Tell; All My Sons; Julius Caesar; Threepenny Opera;Tempest; Tartuffe; Come Back, Little Sheba; Pericles; Beaux’ Stratagem; Grapes of Wrath; The Illusion; Twelfth Night; The Chairs; Great Expectations; Awake and Sing!; Richard III, Noises Off, Ghosts, Hamlet, Night of the Iguana; Romeo and Juliet, Touch of the Poet, Ubu Roi, Picnic, Mourning Becomes Electra, Midsummer Night’s Dream at Hollywood Bowl, Matchmaker, The Price, O Pioneers!, Skin of Our Teeth, Misanthrope; Taming of the Shrew, Heartbreak House.

ELSEWHERE: River Time at The Actor’s Studio FILM/TV: NCIS; C’mon C’mon with Joaquin Phoenix; Stumptown; 9-1-1; Young Justice; General Hospital; Scorpion; The Newsroom; Grey’s Anatomy; Castle, Eagle Eye; Spectacular Spider-Man; Numb3rs; Kiss the Girls; Things to Do in Denver; X-Files; Deep Space 9.

Peter Van Norden (Mr. John Tarleton) WITH ANW: Debut.

ELSEWHERE: He appeared in two versions of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (at The Antaeus Thr. Co. and at the Shakespeare Center L.A.). Other recent appearances include Polonius and The Gravedigger in Hamlet at the Antaeus Thr. Co., for

which he was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and where he won the 2019 Ovation Award for Best Actor in Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse. He has appeared as both Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and as ‘Falstaff,’ covering and performing for Tom Hanks in Henry IV, Parts I and II for the Shakespeare Center L.A. Peter was also nominated for the 2020 Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor in Red Ink at Playwright’s Arena/Atwater Village. At La Mirada Thr. He appeared in 1776 (as ‘Ben Franklin’) and in Singing In The Rain. For 5 years he played, ‘Ebeneezer Scrooge’ in A Christmas Carol at the Rubicon Thr. in Ventura and at the San Diego Rep. Peter was the first American actor to play the title role in Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III at Arizona Thr. Co. In his native NYC: Little Johnny Jones, Hamlet, Jungle of Cities (with Al Pacino), Henry V (with Meryl Streep), and Saint Joan. FILM/TV: roles include leads in The Accused, Police Academy 2 , The Naked Gun 2 and the Stephen King mini-series, The Stand. petervannorden.com Frederick Stuart (Lord Summerhays) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Narrator, A Christmas Carol, Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard Burbage, The Book of Will, Don “The Prince” Pedro, Much Ado About Nothing.

Leontes, The Winter’s Tale; Bradley, Buried Child; Hercules/ Aeëtes, Argonautika; Lord Henry Wotton, A Picture of Dorian Gray; Pistol, Charles VI, Ensemble, Henry V; Sidney Carton, A Tale of Two 2024 SPRING 9

Cities; Edmund, King Lear; Bohun.

ELSEWHERE: ICT: Elyot, Private Lives. Independent Shakespeare Company: Jaques, As You Like It; Oberon/Thesius, Richard II; Crab the Dog, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jean, Miss Julie. FILM/TV: Criminal Minds, Empty Space on Amazon Prime. The Last Tycoon, The Odyssey, Keen Eddie, Romeo and Juliet, Queen of the East, Trail of Tears, The Chief, The Bill, The Geeks, The Delivery, Alive and Kicking, Evil Ground, Dreaming of Joseph Lees, El Cartel.

EDUCATION: The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. IG: freddydouglas Dan Lin he/him (Joey Percival) WITH ANW: Debut. ELSEWHERE: Dan made his LA theatre debut as Warren Lim, with Middle of the World, at RogueMachine. His most recent work includes theaters in New York (Support, On the Verge Rep), Chicago, (On the Greenbelt, Strawdog Theatre), and Ashland (Peter and the Starcatcher, OSF).

He has also appeared on tv shows such as Chicago Med, Utopia, Chicago PD, and The Brave, and the films Skyscraper; and Flora, where he served as Executive Producer.

Trisha Miller she/her (Lina Szczepanowska) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses, The Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol, Argonautika, King Lear, among others. ELSEWHERE: An Act of God – Nebraska Rep; Macbeth – Northern Stage; God of Carnage – Artists Repertory Theatre; Artistic Associate of Trinity 1 0 A NOISE WITHIN

Shakespeare Festival (6 seasons); Associate Artist of Kentucky Repertory (4 seasons); Southwest Shakespeare Company; Las Vegas Shakespeare Co; Kingsmen Shakespeare; Dallas Children’s Theatre; Theatre Three; Stage West. FILM/TV: Little Rituals, Witch-Hunt, Best F(r)iends: Vol 1 & 2. Video Games: BioShock, Gears of War, Battlefield, Tales from the Borderlands franchises.

EDUCATION: MFA in Acting— Wayne State. Love to Tom and Mina. IG: @heyitstrishamiller Joshua Bitton (Julius Baker) WITH ANW: Much Ado About Nothing (LADCC nom. Best Actor), Loot.

ELSEWHERE: NY: The Crumple Zone (Rattlestick), Romeo & Juliet (Lincoln Center Inst.). In Los Angeles: Between Riverside and Crazy (Fountain Theatre - Ovation Nom. Best Supporting Actor), Dirty, Filthy Love Story (Rogue Machine - Stage Raw & Playbill nom . Best Actor), Lost Girls, Bull (Best in Fringe), Of Mice & Men (Pasadena Playhouse), Rules Of Seconds (LATC), Backseats & Bathroom Stalls (Coast Playhouse).

He has worked regionally at The Rep Theatre of St. Louis, The Pioneer, The Centennial, STW, Capital Rep, & The Studio Arena.

TV/FILM: He has appeared on nearly 50 television shows including roles on HBO’s The Pacific , HBO’s hit The Night Of..., and the soon to be released The Penguin (HBO). Other TV: One Dollar for CBS, as well as recurring roles on Castle, The Mentalist, with other guest appearances on shows like Magnum P.I., Daredevil, Justified, Lucifer, Grey’s Anatomy, all the CSI’s and NCIS’s and many

others. Film credits include leads in the independent feature The Tangle, The Diggers, For the Love of Money, as well as roles in films such as National Treasure & Larry

Crowne. Joshua is also a well known acting coach in LA, having worked on set with Eminem on the feature 8 Mile. He holds an MFA from Rutgers University.

UNDERSTUDIES Cody Sloan he/him (U/S Bentley Summerhays) WITH ANW: Debut.

ELSEWHERE: World Premiere of Becoming a Man, American Repertory Theater; As You Like It, Pick Me Last, La Jolla Playhouse; Seven Deadly Sins, Off-Broadway with Tectonic Theater Project; Men On Boats, SpeakEasy Stage Company; and others. FILM: Selah and the Spades (Amazon Studios, Sundance Film Festival 2019); Birder (upcoming). EDUCATION: MFA in Acting from UC San Diego. Cody is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Baby Teeth LA. codysloanactor.com Jacqueline Misaye she/her (U/S Hypatia Tarleton) WITH ANW: Debut. ELSEWHERE: Independent Shakespeare Co.: Julius Caesar; A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The Odyssey Theatre: Birds of North America. East West Players: Kentucky. Moving Arts: Bliss, Or Emily Post is Dead. The Road Theatre Co.: Reykjavik; Mercury; At the Table. Little Fish Theatre: Eurydice. Playwrights’ Arena: Little Women. Shakespeare by the Sea: Romeo and Juliet; Taming of the Shrew. EDUCATION: University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts; British American Drama Academy. For more information, please visit www. jacquelinemisaye.com.

Anthony Adu he/him (U/S Joseph Percival) WITH ANW: A Christmas Carol. ELSEWHERE: backstroke boys, Faultline Theatre (Off-Broadway); The Cherry Orchard, South Pasadena Theatre Workshop; Voices from a Pandemic, Notch Theatre Company; Pick Me Last, La Jolla Playhouse; Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cyrano de Bergerac, Colorado Shakespeare Festival; DragON, The Christians, Denver Center; Uncle Vanya, Heap, Everybody Black, The Jefferson Middle School Monthly, UCSD; new play developments with The O’Neill Theatre Conference, South Coast Repertory, and IAMA Theatre Company. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting from UC San Diego; Chautauqua Theatre Summer Conservatory.

Cassandra Marie Murphy she/ her (U/S Lina Szczepanowska) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; First Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Moses/Minimus/Dance Captain, Animal Farm; Lucina and others, Metamorphoses; Aphrodite/Atalanta/Meleager’s Mother/Woman of Lemnos/Dance Captain, Argonautika; Queen Isabel, Henry V; Aldonza, Man of La Mancha. ELSEWHERE: Center Theater Group’s Revival of The 2024 SPRING 1 1

Secret Garden at The Ahmanson Theater; Alice/US Lily Craven and Martha. International Tour: Miss Saigon in Macau China; Ellen. Select Regional: Bridges of Madison County; Francesca, Evita; Eva Peron, Les Misérables; Fantine, Hunchback of Notre Dame; Esmeralda, Frozen: Live at the Hyperion; Elsa. Cassandra is also a studio singer for some of the world’s finest composers such as Steven Spielberg and Alan Silvestri along with multiple Disney shows around the world.

All of my love to John, Nora, Archie, Potter and my village. IG: @cassandramariemurphy Dylan La Rocque he/him (U/S Julius Baker) WITH ANW: Soldier/Ensemble, Othello ELSEWHERE: Billy Claven, Cripple of Inishmaan; Doug, Gruesome Playground Injuries; Ross, Macbeth (Method & Madness); Laurie, Little Women; Emcee, Cabaret (LAMDA); Young Macduff/Fleance, Macbeth (Antaeus Company); Frantz, Way To Heaven (Odyssey Theatre). EDUCATION: BA (HONS) - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. MJ Sieber he/him (U/S) WITH ANW: Debut. ELSEWHERE: MJ just returned from Seattle after the world premiere of Keiko Green’s The Bed Trick at Seattle Shakespeare Co. In San Diego: Life Sucks, Sharon (world premiere) & The Little Fellow (world premiere) - which he was awarded Outstanding Featured Actor from the SD Critics Circle. In Seattle he was the Associate AD and

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founding member of New Century Theatre Company and directed the west coast premiere of Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize winner: The Flick. He’s performed with Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, Intiman, Village Theatre, Circle X among others and will be seen next in The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Backyard Renaissance in San Diego.

Pam Trotter she/her (U/S Mrs. Tarleton) WITH ANW: Debut.

ELSEWHERE: Known for her versatile skills as both a singer and actress. She has played Pasadena Playhouse in Inherit the Wind and The Red Suitcase at the Broadwater Mainstage where she successfully played five uniquely different characters. Other stage credits include: The Color Purple (Broadway National Tour), An Octoroon (The Fountain Theatre), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Big River, and others. TV/ FILM: Abbott Elementary (ABC), Swarm (Amazon Prime), American Auto (NBC), Maggie (Hulu), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), Life in Pieces (ABC) , Shameless (Showtime), General Hospital (ABC) and many others. Saving Paradise, Dreamgirls, and others.

Samuel Garnett he/him (U/S Johnny Tarleton) WITH ANW: Debut. ELSEWHERE: Heroes of The Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine Theater. EDUCATION: BFA—Acting, CalArts.

DESIGNERS & CREATIVE TEAM Guillermo Cienfuegos he/him (Director) WITH ANW: Much Ado About Nothing. ELSEWHERE: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Middle of the World, The Beautiful People, Disposable Necessities, Ready Steady Yeti Go, Dutch Masters, Rogue Machine Theatre (where he serves as Artistic Director); Middle of the World, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Between Riverside and Crazy, Fountain Theatre; Christmas Contigo, Oregon Cabaret Theatre; Henry V (Ovation and LADCC Awards for Best Director), Rhinoceros, The Homecoming, Safe At Home: An Evening with Orson Bean, The Fried Meat Trilogy, Lions, Pacific Resident Theatre; Julia, Pacific Resident Theatre & 59E59 Theatre, NYC Off Broadway FILM & TV: Over 172 film & tv credits as actor Alex Fernandez. As director, Boned, The Pear, Voices of the New Belarus EDUCATION: American Conservatory Theatre Angela Balogh Calin she/her (Scenic Designer) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Costume Design: Sweeney Todd, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Alice in Wonderland, Buried Child, All’s Well That Ends Well, Gem of the Ocean, Othello, Henry V, Man of La Mancha, King Lear, Noises Off, The Maids, You Never Can Tell, The Three Penny Opera, A Flea In Her Ears, A Christmas Carol, Figaro, Endgame, Pericles, Eurydice, The Beaux Stratagem, Tartuffe, The Chairs, Waiting For Godot, The Comedy Of Errors, Scenic & Costume Design: Animal

Farm, The Imaginary Invalid, The Madwoman of Chaillot; Romeo and Juliet, The Dance of Death; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Seagull; Scenic Design: Much Ado About Nothing, Doll’s House, Ghosts;, Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale; Cyrano de Bergerac (1995); among others.

Recipient of LADCC, Ovation, Garland, Drama-Logue awards among others. ELSEWHERE: South Coast Repertory, National Theatre Romania, Asolo Rep, Denver Center Theatre Co, Alliance Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Hollywood Bowl, Pasadena Playhouse, Chautauqua Theatre Co., Milwaukee Rep., Orlando Shakespeare, Antaeus Theatre, among others. FILM/TV: 16 productions with I.R.S. Media, PBS, Full Moon Productions, Moviestore Entertainment, Romanian Films.

EDUCATION: MFA, Set and Costume Design–The Academy of Fine Arts Bucharest, Romania.

Member of the United Scenic Artists and the Stage Designer’s Union in Bucharest- Romania Christine Cover Ferro she/ her (Costume Design) WITH ANW: Much Ado About Nothing (LADCC, LA Stage Bites Awards nominee) ELSEWHERE: Monsters of the American Cinema, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Disposable Necessities, Ready Steady Yeti Go, Dutch Masters, Rogue Machine; The Rhinoceros (Stage Raw Awards nominee), Eccentricities of a Nightingale, My Girlfriend Is an Alien, The Homecoming, Pacific Resident Theatre; Between Riverside and Crazy (Ovation 2024 SPRING 1 3

nominee), The Fountain Theatre; Wicked Lit (Ovation winner), Unbound Productions: Carmen (ACD) Houston Grand Opera, Ann (ACD, World Premiere), Grand 1894 Opera House. Film/ TV: Linked by Love (webseries); Promised Land (ACD, ABC Signature); Cosmos: Possible Worlds (ACD, NatGeo); Encore!

(ACD, Disney +). Education: BA, Macalester College; MFA, Brandeis University.

Chicago, where he has been both an actor and a playwright. He has also worked at Steppenwolf, the Goodman, and the NeoFuturarium. Love to Lauren and Oliver.

Ken Booth he/him (Lighting Designer) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist) Since 1998, Ken has worked on at least 70 productions at A Noise Within. Included in these are: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 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 Cesar; 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 annual holiday A Christmas Carol. He graduated from UCLA in 1982.

Christopher Moscatiello he/ him (Sound Designer and Composer) WITH ANW: Sound Designer, Much Ado About Nothing. ELSEWHERE: Chris is an award-winning sound designer, composer, music editor and music director for theater, television and film, and is the Resident Sound Designer at Rogue Machine Theatre. TV highlights include The Walking Dead, Human Target, Eureka, Psych, Caprica, The Cape and Trauma. He has scored series and specials for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ZDF Germany, specials and promos for HBO, BBC, NBC, Animal Planet, and The History Channel. Theater highlights include The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution, The Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Antaeus, Skylight Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, Odyssey Theater, The Road Theatre, Pacific Resident Theater, and he served as assistant conductor for the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera.

Stephen Taylor he/him (Prop Designer) WITH ANW: As prop designer, Much Ado About Nothing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Book of Will, The Bluest Eye, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Hedley II. ELSEWHERE: Stephen is a member of the House Theatre of

Tony Valdes he/him (Wig & Makeup Designer) WITH ANW: King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Metamorphoses, Animal Farm. Graduate from the University of Puerto Rico where

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he earned a BA in Fine Arts in 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 a professional HMU artist at CNN Spanish Edition, stage, fashion, music videos and Independent Films. Tony taught classes from Beauty Makeup to Special FX along with 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.

Kenneth R. Merckx he/him (Fight Choreographer) WITH ANW: (Resident Artist). Ken Merckx has choreographed fights for film, television, theater and universities all across the country. He has taught stage combat for AMDA (LA), Cal State Fullerton & Long Beach, PCPA, Cal Arts and UC, Santa Barbara.

Ken has been the resident fight choreographer for the Idaho and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals, A Noise Within (Los Angeles) and Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland). ELSEWHERE: He is proud to have staged violence for the world premieres of Steven Dietz’s Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Pasadena Playhouse), Jeffery Hatcher’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (San Jose Repertory) and The Suicide Club (Arizona Theatre Company), Octavio Solis’ Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory), Jane Martin’s Somebody/Nobody directed

by Jon Jory (Arizona Theatre

Company) and the theatrical adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (San Jose Repertory). Mr. Merckx received Ovation Awards in 2013 & 18 for his fight work at A Noise Within and his MFA, in acting, from the University of Illinois and his BA, in theatre studies, from the University of Washington.

Rachel Berney Needleman (Assistant Director) WITH ANW: Asst. Director, Much Ado About Nothing. Asst. Stage Manager, Waiting for Godot. ELSEWHERE: As a director: What We’re Up Against, Five Second Chances (Pacific Resident Theatre Co-op), Cabaret Noel with Gigi Bermingham, Cowgirls (EST/ LA), The Space Between (The Braid), 4 Minutes (MeetCute LA 2022), audio plays for Open Door Playhouse, and new play readings and workshops for companies across Los Angeles. Rachel is a member of Playground-LA. She is currently developing a new play on Jewish themes with EST/LA. Dramaturg credits include Arizona Theatre Company and Antaeus.

Rachel is a co-author of the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards.

Andrea Odinov she/her (Dialect Coach) WITH ANW: King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Book of Will, Radio Golf, Animal Farm, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean, and A Christmas Carol. ELSEWHERE: The Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre, Rogue Theatre Machine, Ghost Road Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre Company, The Road Theatre Company, Lower Depth 2024 SPRING 1 5

Theatre Ensemble, The Group Rep, 24th St. Theatre, Sea Glass Theatre Company, and Long Beach Playhouse. Andrea is a Clinical Asst. Professor of Voice and Speech at Loyola Marymount University, a Certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and member of VASTA, SAG-AFTRA, and AEA. EDUCATION: M.F.A from University of CA at Irvine.

Miranda Johnson-Haddad she/ her (Resident Dramaturg) WITH ANW: Dramaturg, King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 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 2010. ELSEWHERE: Dramaturg, 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: PhD Renaissance Studies, Yale University; BA Comparative Literature, Princeton University.

Angela Sonner she/her (Production Stage Manager) 1 6 A NOISE WITHIN

WITH ANW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ELSEWHERE: 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 MakeBelieve, 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: BA Theatre, UNR Hope Matthews she/her (Assistant Stage Manager) WITH ANW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A2/ Stage Crew. A Christmas Carol, Assistant Stage Manager. The Bluest Eye, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Crew Swing. Production Intern for 23-24 season. ELSEWHERE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Independent Shakespeare Company. Shrek Jr., Teenage Drama Workshop. Newsies, 5 Star Theatricals. Tartuffe, Once On This Island, Fefu and Her Friends, CSUN Theatre. Hope is also the stage management mentor for the students at Westmark School.

EDUCATION: BA—Theatre, CSUN. Cici Mao they/them (Assistant Lighting Designer) WITH ANW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber

of Fleet Street. ELSEWHERE: Before recently moving to LA, Cici designed lighting and sound for many theatre productions at MIT, including Anon(ymous), Jekyll and Hyde, Small Mouth Sounds, The Wedding Singer, A Chorus Line, and Jasper in Deadland along with several dance showcases and immersive concert experiences.

Julia Rodriguez-Elliott she/ her (Producing Artistic Director) WITH ANW: ANW has produced more than 175 works, and she has directed over 50 productions including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Iliad, Metamorphoses, Argonautika, A Christmas Carol, Animal Farm, Man of La Mancha, Noises Off, Henry V, A Tale of Two Cities, Man of La Mancha, King Lear, The Imaginary Invalid, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Julius Caesar, The Threepenny Opera, The Tempest, The Dance of Death, Come Back, Mourning Becomes Electra. EDUCATION: MFA—American Conservatory Theatre. Julia is a multiple award winner; most recently she was awarded the 2022 recipient of the Career Achievement in Direction Milton Katzelas Award.

Geoff Elliott he/him (Producing Artistic Director) WITH ANW: Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, The Glass Menagerie, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, All My Sons, Endgame, Eurydice, The Playboy of the Western World, and many others. Actor: Boxer/Old Major, Animal Farm; Midas, Metamorphoses; The Poet, An Iliad; Dodge, Buried Child;

Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha; Lloyd Dallas, Noises Off; King Lear, King Lear; The Father, Six Characters in Search of an Author; and more. ELSEWHERE: South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, California Repertory. EDUCATION: 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. Douglas Love-Ramos he/ his (Managing Director) has created intellectual property businesses for some of the largest entertainment, publishing, and digital companies in the world.

He served as Managing Director of Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Producing Artistic Director of Walden Playhouse for film studio Walden Media, and FamilyStage San Francisco at the historic Orpheum Theater. He is the creator and executive producer of award-winning children’s television series including: Out of the Box for Disney and Jammin’ Animals for HBO. He is the author of more than 30 books published

by HarperCollins, Disney Press, and others. Douglas co-wrote and produced the stage adaptation of Marlo Thomas’s Free To Be You And Me published by Rogers and Hammerstein Theatre Library.

He has built two theaters and a children’s museum, and created the arts education product, World Book’s Dramatic Learning, used by 11 million students worldwide.

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Thanks to the generosity of the Perenchio Foundation, ANW is thrilled to be rolling out a new service for patrons who would benefit from access to closed captions of our live performances. The GalaPro app (available on iOS and Android devices) provides closed captions for patrons to view on their own mobile devices. 90% of Broadway theatres are using GalaPro, and A Noise Within is delighted to be the first regional theatre in Southern California to install it permanently!

GalaPro operates on a closed internal network via “Airplane Mode” and prevents sounds, texts and emails from disturbing patrons during use. We encourage patrons who could benefit from the GalaPro closed captioning to follow the instructions provided below to install this app on their smartphones.*

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Snap the QR code. Available at the App Store or Google Play.

LOG IN + SELECT YOUR SHOW Create a login, or sign in with your existing account.

Select your show (be sure to check the city).

Choose your preferred language or service (like closed captioning or audio description).

GET READY AT YOUR SEAT Open Settings

on your device.

· Place your device in Airplane Mode. · Turn on Wi-Fi. · Select the GalaPro network for your show. · Enter the password galapro1.

Return to the GalaPro app.

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If patrons are unable to access this service on their phone or tablet the theatre will have a limited number of mobile devices designated for GalaPro. All mobile devices using GalaPro will be in silent mode as not to disturb other patrons.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE INCROWD! A Noise Within gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our donors. The following donors made gifts of $250 or more between April 1, 2023–April 15, 2024. * Producer Pass subscribers generously made a donation equal to the cost of their season subscription to support the full cost of theater operations.

SEASON SPONSOR ($50,000+)

Heather & Paul Haaga Terri Murray

Richard & Sally Roberts James & Trevessa Terrile

PRODUCING SPONSOR ($30,000 TO $49,999)

Bill & Priscilla Kennedy* Alan M. & Sheila R. Lamson* Joseph & Denise Lumarda

Robert Ronus Anonymous

SPONSOR ($15,000 TO $29,999)

Bill & Claire Bogaard Kathy & Jim Drummy Jeanie & Terry Kay* Anne Marston & Jan Paul Favero Tieu-My Nguyen & Chris Burt

Susan Stevens Elizabeth & Rhodes Trussell Lee & Deborah Walcott Joyce White*

DIRECTOR CIRCLE ($5,000 TO $14,999)

Peter & Molly Bachmann* Pat Green & Vic Cole Ginny Cushman Sharon & Rick Ellingsen Carole Fritz* Pat & Sandy Gage Suzanne & Lawrence Hess Dr. Patricia Hoppe Drs. Robert & Jennifer Israel Ryan & Denise Jay

Mr. James King Marlene Konnar & John Baldeschwieler Jay Lesiger & Tom Klebba Cynthia J. Nunes & Barbara Nye* Nancy & Keith Price* Gail Samuel & William Christian Jane W. Schlegel Lyn Spector Eugene & Marilyn Stein

PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE ($2,500 TO $4,999)

Meg Huntington Cajero & Channa & Paul Cajero* William & Mary Coman Becky Doody, In Memory Of Jack Doody & Don Wallschlaeger* Barbara Durham Geoff Elliott & Julia Rodriguez-Elliott Beth Gertmenian Steven & Elizabeth Green Sandy Greenstein Erica Hahn Doug Hutchinson* Lucy Lynch Rick and Jennifer Madden Valerie & Bruce Merritt

Emily Murray Michael & Marianne Newman Eric & Lorey Persing Gregory Shapton & Barbara Rugeley* Jan & Carl Siechert Patricia & Lawrence Sparks Louise Mayeri Spillman Randi Tahara* Vickie & Alex Taylor Marianne Wallace Leilani Jones Wilmore, In Memory of Josephine Flanders David & Julia Zuckerman Anonymous

ARTIST CIRCLE ($1,500 TO $2,499)

Sally Abood Helen Baatz Linda Dozier* Patrick Garcia Armando Gonzalez & Brenda Berg Gary and Dee Dee Ewell Mark Haddad & Miranda Johnson-Haddad Sherry G. Hepp Molly Joseph Dr. Norman Kachuck 2 0 A NOISE WITHIN

Kelton Fund/Fran Goodman & David Kelton Elyse Klein, In Honor of Terri Murray & Denise Jay Susan Kramer* Theodore Krontiris & Sue Parilla Gloria & Tom Lang* Kathryn Leonard Dennis McNamara Allan & Dr. Susan Mohrman Diana Peterson-More

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Mark & Louisa Nelson Barbara & Anthony Phillips* Paul & Patricia Sinclair

Gerry Szeman & David Pavot* John Van Horn & Ray Owens Steven Warheit & Jean Christensen*

ADVOCATES ($500 TO $1,499)

George Abdo & Sara Campbell Richard A. Andersen Jeannine & John Ballister B. Barton & J. Dawson* Steven & Judy Bass Claire Bellanti Charles & Jo Berryman Julie Blackshaw Jeannine Bogaard Karina Boog In Honor of Art, Education, and Talent Joan Boyett Annette Brandin Darrell Carr & Susan Toler Carr Joan & Mike Cathcart Gale & Tom Caswell Maggie Chatman Dennis & Stephanie Cohen Joyce & Donald Dean Jennifer Diener Malik El-Amin & Kelsey Scott Walt Fidler Kay & Fred Findley Dr. Curtis Fritz Craig & Yvonne Flint David D. Fox & Diane R. Morrison Dr. Julia Greer Fred & Sandy Engler Steve & Jane Haderlein Dick & Ruth Halverstadt David Hanpeter* Melinda Herrold-Menzies & Nick Menzies Bridget Highfill Dr. Alice Huang Ursula Hyman Veralyn Jones Thomas Kallay* Loma Karklins Chuck & Jane Kerford Karl & Margaret Kohn Leann Kruse-Arcia Andrea & Jay Labinger Kathleen Larsen Cynthia Leva & Fred Barker Ilona Linden* Deanna Lohse Chris Lopez & Jessica Jew Gerrie Maloof Rob McManus Jerome Mersky & Vincent Finnochio Tanya Mink & James Collier Joanne & James Morse Esther Mott Pantazis Mouroulis* Michael M. Mullins & James A. Newman Mishele & Benjamin Myers* Barbara Goen Nemer, In Memory of David Nemer Janice Ohta & Fred Weiss Joyce & Robert Oltman*

Marilyn Omernick Rebecca Omahen Michael R. Oppenheim* Theodora Page Thomas Palfrey Greg Porée Leslie & David Regal Carol & Francois Rigolot Sally & Brian Rivera Dr. Carole & Donald Roback John & Jennifer Robinson Karen M. And Michael Rosenthal Dr. Ellen Rothenberg In Memory of Jerome Rothenberg Elan Ruskin Sara Sadwhani Alec Brooks & Carol Samek Kevin Schaeffer Chris Schmidt George & Carolyn Seitz Nayan Shah & Ken Foster Richard Sheehan & David Clarke In Honor of Tom Klebba & Jay Lesiger William Shepherd & Arthur Fisher Beverly & Brydon Shirk Robert & Laurie Silton Jeff Simmonds & Valerie Duval* Eric Small Jonathan Smilove Angela Conner & Kevin Speaks Mark Sprecher* Richard Stadler Tara Steffens Deborah Strang Lynne Sullivan Sarah Sullivan Eliazar Talamantez Joaquin Talleda John D. Taylor* Shivani Thakkar Charlene & Vernon Tolo* Jorge & Guadalupe Uribe* Daniel & Jocelyn Vilter* Alex Wang Greg & Beth Weisman* Patrick Whaley & Lynda Jenner Holly Whatley Laurie & Stan Whitcomb Ian & Barbara White-Thomson* Kene & Elaine Williams In Memory of Jack and Lula Williams Jim & Lynn Winegarden William Wirshing Nancy Wischhusen* Mahlon & Gwen Woirhaye Julianne & David Worrell Marianne Kearney Wright Michael Wright Richard Yaffe & Kathie Boyle

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FRIENDS ($250 TO $499)

Lawanda Allee* Patti Amesbury Robert Anderson Deborah Anderson Hon. Lourdes G. Baird Anonymous Bill & Susan Boyd Scott Bryson Stacy Christopher* Alfred Clark & Rebecca Reagan Gerard Clarke Bronwyn Dawson and Ken Yapkowitz In Honor of Fionn James James Dolan Cynthia Edwards James Freed Frederick & Barbara Gable Jeffrey Gale & Julane Marx Lynn & Ron Gelfand Shimica Gaskins & James Perez Richard Gerber A&C Glover Joyce & Eric Goldman Drs. John Goodman & Pauline Merry Marti Griffin Michael & Alison Gunson Leah Heap & Freeman Baldwin Michael Hegeman Catherine & Mark Helm Agneta Hurst Ellen & William Ireland Mirta F. Isla Gary Izumi William & Beatrice Jennings Carole & David Jones Jennifer & Joseph Lazio Eric & Jasmin Levander

Daniel & Sharon Lowenstein Dr. Nancy Macky In Memory of Dr. Peter Macky Fred Manaster Candace McGee Michael McGrady Jonathan Mersel Earle Miller Marlene F. Mills Leslie Mitchner Ilyanne Morden Kichaven & Mike Kichaven David & Janice Moritz Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Mulder Glenn Orton Marion Peters Dale Pittman* Roberta Pollock & Jim Sadd Sharlyn & Richard Pulice Edwin Robinson Mr. William Robinson In Honor of Edwin Robinson Kathryn Rogers & Daniel R. Gilbert, Jr. Daniel Rothmuller Nancy and George Rothwell Janet Samuel Marleen Scheffy Paul & Kristen Schmidt Chris & Carol Shelton Michael & Carol Sholer Mike & Peggy Sloan Kathy Talley-Jones & Richard Talley Donna Tucker* Daniel and Jocelyn Vilter Orvin Shane Wilson Jo-Anne Woolner Judy Yamagata

Please email: development@anoisewithin.org if your name is omitted or incorrect. We apologize for any errors.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Kennedy, President & Board Chair Molly Bachmann Bill Bogaard Susan Toler Carr Malik B. El-Amin Geoff Elliott Armando Gonzalez Robert Israel, M.D. Denise Jay Jay Lesiger Trisha Miller Terri Murray Cynthia J. Nunes Dick Roberts

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Julia Rodriguez-Elliott Randi Tahara Shivani Thakkar Joyce White Terry Kay Emeritus John Lawrence Charles Redmond Elizabeth Redmond Margaret H. Sedenquist In Memoriam

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Thank you to the following institutions who support A Noise Within’s operations, education, artistic development, and other special projects. If you are interested in learning about the benefits of institutional giving or sponsorship, please contact our Development Department at development@anoisewithin.org.

Season Sponsor The Ahmanson Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Perenchio Foundation The Rose Hills Foundation S. Mark Taper Foundation SNAP Foundation Steinmetz Foundation Producing Sponsor The Ann Peppers Foundation The Capital Group Charitable Foundation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Helen and Will Webster Foundation Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors & Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture The Shubert Foundation

Sponsor BCM Foundation The California Wellness Foundation David Lee Foundation Edward A & Ai O Shay Foundation The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Kuchleffel Foundation Corp.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger Pasadena Community Foundation Sally and Dick Roberts Coyote Foundation Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest Director Circle The Caplin Foundation Mara W. Breech Foundation Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Peter Glenville Foundation Z. Clark Branson Foundation Playwright Circle Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Pasadena Lions Memorial Trust

This organization is supported by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.

This organization is supported by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of the LA County Performing Arts Recovery Grant.

This organization is supported by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan

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