Misalliance Program

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MAY 12–JUNE 9, 2024

DIRECTED BY GUILLERMO CIENFUEGOS
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW’S MISALLIANCE

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

SPONSORS

Kathy & Jim Drummy

CREATIVE TEAM & CREW

Scenic Designer

Angela Balogh Calin†

Costume Designer

Christine Cover Ferro

Lighting Designer

Ken Booth

Sound Designer and Composer

Chris Moscatiello†

Properties Designer

Stephen Taylor

Wig/Makeup Designer

Tony Valdes

Fight Choreographer

Kenneth R Merckx

CAST

STUDENT MATINEE SPONSORS

Lyn Spector

POST SHOW CONVERSATION SPONSOR

Carole Fritz

Stage Manager

Angela Sonner*

Assistant Stage Manager

Hope Matthews*

Assistant Director

Rachel Berney Neddleman

Assistant Lighting Designer

Cici Mao

Dialect Coach

Andrea Odinov

Board Operator

Sam Campbell

Dramaturg

Dr Miranda Johnson-Haddad

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

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

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

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Photo by Craig Schwartz Erika Soto

CAST

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ABOUT OUR ARTISTS .

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) Riley Shanahan* (Johnny Tarleton Jr) Josey Montana McCoy* (Bentley Summerhays)
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Erika Soto* (Hypatia Tarleton)

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 .

Julius Baker

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

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 .

“Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw writing in notebook at time of first production of his play Pygmalion.” 2014 .

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 self-taught, spending his days reading at the British Museum and 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 ♦

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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 CollinsOvation 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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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 .

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 .

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

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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

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 .

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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

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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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

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: BATheatre, 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

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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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INTRODUCING GalaPro AT A NOISE WITHIN:

Enjoy closed captions of our performances right to your smartphone!

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.

* 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

Bill & Claire Bogaard

Kathy & Jim Drummy

Jeanie & Terry Kay*

Robert Ronus Anonymous

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

Susan Stevens

Elizabeth & Rhodes Trussell

Lee & Deborah Walcott

Anne Marston & Jan Paul Favero

Tieu-My Nguyen & Chris Burt

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

PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE

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

Sally Abood

Helen Baatz

Linda Dozier*

Patrick Garcia

ARTIST CIRCLE

Armando Gonzalez & Brenda Berg

Gary and Dee Dee Ewell

Mark Haddad & Miranda Johnson-Haddad

Sherry G Hepp

Molly Joseph

Dr Norman Kachuck

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

($2,500 TO $4,999)

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

($1,500 TO $2,499)

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

CONTINUED 2024 SPRING 21
ARTIST CIRCLE

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

Julia Rodriguez-Elliott

Randi Tahara

Shivani Thakkar

Joyce White

Terry Kay Emeritus

John Lawrence

Charles Redmond

Elizabeth Redmond

Margaret H . Sedenquist

In Memoriam

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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 Join our Ambassador VOLUNTEER PROGRAM More information: Volunteers@anoisewithin.org PERKS include... Free Tickets Voucher Program Ambassador Appreciation Awards Special Ambassador Events & Invitations Access our Private Facebook Page See the shows for FREE! 2024 SPRING 23

Artistic Staff

Julia Rodriguez-Elliott & Geoff Elliott, Producing Artistic Directors

Administrative Staff

Douglas Love-Ramos, Managing Director

Conner Criswell, General Manager

Jim Miller, Director of Development

Alzena Henry, Development Associate

Lauren Marks, Director of Marketing & Communications

Lindsey Steed, Marketing Manager

Kelvin Hicks, Content & Community Manager

Lea Madda, Director of Education

Sarah Gonzalez, Patron Services Manager

Front of House

Melody Archer Moore

House Manager & Volunteer Usher Coordinator

Production Staff

Julianne Figueroa-Castro, Production Manager

Stephen Taylor, Bryan Tiglio, Michael DiNardo, James Edward Walsh, Eric Whalen, Alex Gruber, Xander Ritchey, Carpenters

Aven Gonzalez, Lilah Capp, Scenic Painters

Ken Booth, Lighting Supervisor

Georgia Shupper, Master Electrician

Maria Uribe, Costume Shop Manager

Resident Artists

Susan Angelo

Ken Booth

Angela Balogh Calin

Apollo Dukakis

Mitchell Edmonds

Rafael Goldstein

Stanley Andrew Jackson

Nicole Javier

Veralyn Jones

Kasey Mahaffy

Kenneth R Merckx, Jr

Trisha Miller

Jessica Martin, Group Sales Coordinator

Natalie Martin, Patron Services Lead

Evelyn Coffey, Lachlan Gillies, Isabel Castillo, Box Office Assistants

Teresa English, Graphic Designer

Lucy Pollak, Publicity

Craig Schwartz, Production Photographer

Daniel Reichert, Promotional Photographer

Invisible Harness, Videographer

Violet Morris, Christopher Magallanes, Nadia Santamaria, Noah Muronaka, Head Ushers

Ruby Mae Novak, Alethia Moore-Del Monaco, Elaina Davis, Isabel Wing, August Mayer, Stitchers

Alison Rodriguez, Associate Producer / Casting Director

Sets To Go: Entertainment Construction, Scenic Construction

Sam Campbell, Light Board Operator

Alex Morris

Cassandra Marie Murphy

Frederica Nascimento

Robert Oriol

Jeremy Rabb

Carolyn Ratteray

Alison Rodriguez

Erika Soto

Deborah Strang

Frederick Stuart

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