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A Noise Within

A Noise Within has staged the European and American classics in rotating repertory for more than three decades, now working out of a converted 1928 pharmaceutical building in Pasadena. It's staged more August Wilson than almost any other theater on the West Coast.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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August Wilson's Century Cycle continues with this account of a fraught 1927 Chicago recording session, directed by Gregg T. Daniel, where a blues legend and her band collide over art, exploitation, and who really controls the room.

Come From Away

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This Tony Award winner for Best Direction retells the true story of the Newfoundland town that took in 7,000 stranded passengers after 9/11, staged by company co-founder Julia Rodriguez-Elliott.

Christmas Carol

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A Noise Within's annual holiday tradition returns with Dickens' ghost story of redemption, staged in the company's signature in-the-round style.

As You Like it

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Shakespeare's pastoral comedy sends Rosalind into the Forest of Arden disguised as a man, tangling up disguises, a wrestling match, and love at first sight.

Great Expectations

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Dickens' novel of Pip's rise from blacksmith's apprentice to gentleman gets the stage treatment, tracing a convict's secret debt, a jilted bride frozen in time, and a fortune with strings attached.

Trouble In Mind

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Alice Childress wrote this play-within-a-play in 1955, then refused to sanitize its ending for a Broadway transfer, a stand that kept it off Broadway until 2021. It follows a Black actress rehearsing a lynching drama who has to decide how much of herself to compromise for a condescending white director.