by Noella Noelophile®
Geoff Elliot as Ebenezer Scrooge, with Trisha Miller as Ghost of Christmas Past. (Photo by Craig Schwartz, courtesy of A Noise Within.)
Here’s a last-minute Christmas gift for you from A Noise Within Theatre Company!
They still have a VERY FEW tickets available for their performance of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, both this evening and Saturday evening, according to their website!
2023 marks A Noise Within’s eleventh year of presenting this special edition of Dickens’ classic.
“Special” is the key word.
While what you’ll see onstage is a one-of-a-kind adaptation by ANW Producing Artistic Director Geoff Elliott, it loses none of the music of Dickens’ original work.
“Every word in the play is right out of the original novel,” emails ANW.
“Not a single word has been added.”
And their staging amounts to magic–and an introduction of Dickens’ classic to a new generation.
Geoff Elliott as Scrooge, with Annalise Morris, as Tiny Tim. (Photo by Craig Schwartz, courtesy of A Noise Within.)
Classical material, unique presentation
ANW Producing Artistic Director Julia Rodriguez Elliot co-directed the show with Geoff.
“This is the greatest story of redemption ever written, and there’s great joy returning to it at the end of each year with fresh eyes,” she says, in an email.
“It feels new again every time. But the most magical part, for me, is when audience members — from 5-year-olds to 90-year-olds — want to have their pictures taken with the characters. It’s a beautiful intergenerational experience…our innovative staging lets audiences of all ages experience it through the imagination of a child.”
This weekend is your opportunity to experience that, firsthand.
“A Christmas Carol” ensemble. (Photo by Craig Schwartz. courtesy of A Noise Within.)
A year-round mission
While “A Christmas Carol” is ANW’s current offering, their work continues, year-round.
Nonprofit A Noise Within embraces their mission of producing classic theatre to enrich the community, expand awareness and challenge personal perspectives through performances, educational programs and special events like their “Educator Extravaganza”, which is a free professional-development day for teachers.
Their 2024 performance calendar, so far, includes Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, which opens in mid-February, and George Bernard Shaw’s “Misalliance”, opening in May.
Their 2023 – 2024 season also marked the implementation of their “Sensory Friendly Series”, with sensory-friendly performances for audience members with PTSD, or on the autism spectrum.
Now is the time to mark your calendar for their 2024 shows, get a look at their educational resources, check out their interactive “Summer with Shakespeare” camp, for ages 3 to 18…
…and if you can, come experience Old Scrooge’s redemption, as imagined through new eyes, this weekend.