“They Shattered the Chrystalis” (Photo – A Noise Within)
A Noise Within (ANW) announced its 2021-2022, 30th Anniversary Season with the theme “They Shattered the Chrystalis.”
By News Desk
A Noise Within’s new season begins in the fall with Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s rendition of An Iliad (September 12 – October 3, 2021) directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. The production that was filmed in the Spring of 2021 returns live to the stage with alternating performances from Deborah Strang and Geoff Elliott. An Iliad will be followed by another chapter of August Wilson’s 10-play American Century Cycle, the blues opera Seven Guitars (October 17 – November 14, 2021). Bursting with musical lyricism and courage, Wilson’s Pulitzer-nominated play richly captures the spirit and heritage of African Americans in the 20th Century. Seven Guitars will be directed by Gregg T. Daniel, director of Gem of the Ocean at ANW in 2019, L. A. Times Critics Choice Award.
Holiday Season
The Holiday Season brings back Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (December 2 – 23, 2021) directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott. This timeless classic takes to the stage once more with an all-new musical score by Resident Artist Robert Oriol.
2022
The new year will begin with William Shakespeare’s bittersweet comedy All’s Well That Ends Well (February 6 – March 6, 2022). Directed by Nike Doukas, the rarely seen classic celebrates a young woman as she breaks the man-made chrysalis to follow her heart. Next, Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics (March 20 – April 17, 2022), intertwines ritual, tradition, and raw sensuality in the working community of a Cuban-American cigar factory in 1920s Tampa, Florida. Anna in the Tropics will be directed by Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx, Director of Cultural Programming at ANW.
Spring
Finally, A Noise Within will conclude its triumphant return to the live stage with Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses (May 8 – June 5, 2022) directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. Mary Zimmerman (author of ANW’s award-winning Argonautika) creates this Tony Award®-nominated masterpiece, based on the myths of Ovid. Be mesmerized with tales of Midas, Orpheus, Aphrodite, and more in a whimsical and heartbreaking meditation on the joys and perils of being human.
Seismic shifts in reality
The A Noise Within Directors said that “The world is in the midst of extraordinary change: a year of Covid-19; a time of greater awareness of systemic racism, and of confronting violence against people of color; a more aggressive push for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights; and more. The world we once inhabited is shattering. Each of the productions in the 2021-22, 30th Anniversary Season is a passionate examination of seismic shifts in reality and how special individuals summon extraordinary courage to meet these changes head-on.”
A Noise Within’s current season subscribers, donors, and patrons were invited to hear the news first in an exclusive online announcement last week. Season pass holders and new subscribers now have the opportunity to access priority seating. Single tickets will go on sale to the public on July 13, 2021.
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