Performances Magazine | A Noise Within, February 2026
FEBRUARY 8 – MARCH 8, 2026
Ann Noble by Daniel Reichert.
contents
P1 Program
Cast, performances, who’s who, director’s notes and donors
6 In the Wings
Kim’s Convenience at the Ahmanson downtown; Jacob Jonas Dance at the BroadStage in Santa Monica; LACO presents violinist Anne Akiko Meyers at Zipper Hall and jazz riffs on Bach Inventions at the Cicada.
10 Marvelous Mozart
Now 270 years after his birth, the composer is in abundance on the calendar with The Magic Flute, his Requiem, various symphonic and chamber concerts and the play Amadeus
18 The Zen Table
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40 Parting Thought
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hit series on Netflix, but Kim’s Convenience began life as a play, premiering 15 years ago at the Toronto Fringe Festival. The following year, Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto mounted a larger production, directed by Weyni Mengesha, that became the highest-grossing play in the company’s history. The award-winning comedydrama went on to productions off-Broadway, in London’s West End and in Washington D.C. March 21-April 19, it comes to the Ahmanson Theatre with playwright Ins Choi in the title role and directed by Mengesha. Kim’s Convenience is a feel-good story about a corner store run by a Korean family. Mr. Kim works hard to support his wife and children but faces both a changing neighborhood and the gap between his values and those of his Canadian-born children. Choi calls the work a “love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who call Canada their home.” 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown, 213.628.2772, centertheatregroup.org
THEATER
Esther Chung and, above left, Chung and Ins Choi in Kim’s Convenience
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and, below, spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Temporal and Inventive
THE LOS ANGELES Chamber Orchestra and music director
Jaime Martín present violin soloist Anne Akiko Meyers in the West Coast premiere of Eric Whitacre’s The Pacific Has No Memory, a meditation on resilience following last year’s wildfires, and
in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. The concert, April 11 at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, also features a newly commissioned work by Juhi Bansal, Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony and Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony.
Pianist/curator Lara Downes joins jazz pianist Christian Sands, LACO’s string trio and spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph for Inventions Reimagined, genredefying riffs on Bach Inventions and Sinfonias. The progam unfolds March 28 at Cicada Restaurant and Lounge. Both venues are downtown. Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave.; Cicada, 617 S. Olive St., Suite 100. Tickets 213.221.3920, laco.org
HEALING TRIPTYCH
SANTA MONICABorn Jacob Jonas makes his BroadStage debut with an autobiographical dance trilogy exploring the nature of healing. Presented over three days, Keeping Score is Jonas’ first post-cancer work, a journey to understanding illness before, during and after. Restart, Mar. 19 and 22, considers the psychological aftermath, making sense of life and death and everything in between. Nature Sounds While the IV Drips—reflecting the endurance of the battle, hospital stays and emotional weight of chemotherapy—and Product of Divorce, exploring childhood and pre-cancer trauma, are performed together Mar. 20 and 22. 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, 310.434.3200, broadstage.org
JACOB JONAS AND, LEFT, COURTESY LACO
MUSIC
Marvelous MOZART
Now 270 years after he was born, the composer is in abundance with Amadeus, The Magic Flute, his Requiem and an array of symphonic and chamber concerts on the calendar. by
SHERRY STERN
THE WORD “GENIUS” gets thrown around fairly freely these days—so freely that it gets on Darko Tresnjak’s nerves. He feels we should preserve the word for those with truly exceptional creative or intellectual power.
When Tresnjak experiences Mozart, the director recognizes talent on another level entirely.
“I got lightheaded at one point looking at a Mozart score,” says Tresnjak, the Tony-winning director of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. “I had that same experience with a Shakespeare play. When I read Shakespeare plays and look at Mozart’s scores, I understand what genius is.
“The music is so glorious, yet unlike Verdi operas, his are not colossal epic stories. There is such humanity in Mozart’s work.”
That deep appreciation for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and a full resume of musicals, plays and operas, make Tresnjak a fitting director for Amadeus
Peter Shaffer’s witty and lauded 1979 play explores
L.A. Opera’s 2019 production of The Magic Flute. Left: portrait of the composer
Grant Gershon leads L.A. Master Chorale in Mozart’s Requiem. Below: Sam Clemmett and Jefferson Mays star in Amadeus
an imagined rivalry between brilliant young Wolfgang and respected composer Antonio Salieri. Tresnjak directs a new production for Pasadena Playhouse Feb. 11-Mar. 8.
Born 270 years ago on Jan. 27, Mozart died unexpectedly at just 35, cause only speculated. Though never financially successful in his lifetime, his music has never gone away.
He’s front and center over the next few months, not only with Amadeus. The Southern California concert calendar is packed with operatic, vocal, symphonic and chamber performances, including two of his final and most consequential works: The Los Angeles Master Chorale performs Mozart’s Requiem in April and L.A. Opera brings back The Magic Flute in May and June.
According to Master Chorale artistic director Grant Gershon, what distinguishes Mozart is a synthesis of many aspects of his craft.
“To me, it’s the combination of
head and heart,” he says. “The music is so perfectly crafted and so sophisticated and so satisfying to study just from a musicological standpoint. Then there’s the empathy, the heart, the understanding.”
James Conlon selected the enchanting Barrie Kosky-directed production of The Magic Flute for his final opera after 20 years as music director of LA Opera. Mozart is clearly a company favorite: It performed The Marriage of Figaro in 2023 and Così fan tutte in 2025.
Kosky’s clever, cinematic interpretation of The Magic Flute has been performed all over the world since its U.S. premiere here in 2013. But looking beyond the staging, Conlon says simply, “The music is the music is the music.”
At one point in Amadeus, which Shaffer adapted in 1984 into an Oscar-winning Miloš Forman film, Salieri reflects on a Mozart score: “This was no composition by
a performing monkey! This was a music I’d never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”
In the play, a dying Salieri looks back on his tangled relationship with Mozart; the story weaves themes of genius, creativity, God, ambition, jealousy and sacrifice. The two antagonists are meaty roles, catnip for actors at the top of their game. (Multiple men have won or been nominated for the Tony, Oscar and Olivier Awards for the roles.)
Pasadena’s cast features Jefferson Mays and Sam Clemmett. Mays, a Tony winner (I Am My Own Wife) and nominee (A Gentleman’s Guide) plays Salieri. Clemmett, known for theater (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway and the West End) and on screen (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), portrays Mozart.
The marathon role of Salieri has long enticed Mays. He was in discussions for an Amadeus with another director that was upended by the pandemic.
“I find it really challenging and difficult and rather scary. I suppose that’s good sign to do something,”
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he says. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so cowed by a role before in my life.”
That might seem surprising to hear from an actor who played eight members of the D’Ysquith family in A Gentlemen’s Guide and inhabited 50 roles in a solo A Christmas Carol that originated at the Geffen Playhouse and moved to Broadway.
“When you’re doing multi-character plays,” Mays says, “you’re like a caricaturist working at great speed trying to land characters as deftly and economically as you can on the fly, leaping from one to the other. That’s as athletic as it is artistic.
“Here, I am inhabiting this extraordinary character and must inhabit him for two and a half hours. There’s something humbling and sobering and frightening about that, being one person undergoing all these things and having this transformation take place. It’s a much more profound, deeper experience.”
Mays is delighted to work again with Tresnjak. Their friendship and professional partnership goes back decades. Tresnjak directed Mays in a 1999 production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead that the director says launched his career.
Salieri was a pivotal composer of his time. But Mozart’s legacy is why we care and it will be on display in Pasadena’s take on Amadeus more than in other productions. That’s because Tresnjak brings the perspective of an opera director.
Rather than relying on pre-recorded music and lip syncing, Tresnjak will have opera singers and a harpsichordist perform selections from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.
He enlisted soprano and diction coach Jennifer Ringo (who is married
MORE MOZART
UPCOMING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PACIFIC OPERA
Project beams up The Abduction From the Seraglio in a “Star Trek” mashup Feb. 6-8 at Occidental College. Huffington Post called the parody, returning to L.A. after 10 years, “a creative bit of genius.”
Two pianists play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: Michelle Cann, with the Pasadena Symphony Feb. 21 at Ambassador Auditorium, and Yoav Levanon, with the Pacific Symphony Feb. 26-28 at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa.
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic present a chamber
program including Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C, K. 515, Mar. 17 at Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown. The New York Philharmonic String Quartet makes its local debut April 1 at the Soraya in Northridge. The ensemble’s program includes Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in
to James Conlon) to work with the singers on text.
“The thing I’m most looking forward to is being washed over and bathed and borne aloft by the astonishing Requiem and trios from Cosi fan tutte and Figaro,” Mays says.
Including live music is one of the many elements about the production that excite Danny Feldman, Pasadena Playhouse producing artistic director, who helped assemble the creative team.
“It’s rare you see a play with singing in it that way. It feels much more like a musical in scope of the story we’re telling. It will dramatically amp up the experience of seeing the show,” he says. “What a way to honor and give tribute to Mozart and the genius of his music.”
Pacific Opera Project, The Abduction From the Seraglio
C minor, K. 546. L.A. Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, “Haffner,” May 14 at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, May 16 at Zipper Concert Hall downtown and May 17 at the Wallis Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
special place in his musical heart. Young Grant was as much a pianist as a singer when he went to music camp in Idyllwild at age 13.
“Singing the Mozart Requiem with 120 other chorus geeks, rehearsing for two weeks and then performing it was the thing that changed my life,” he recalls.
“It was specifically the music of Mozart. For the first time I felt that sense of euphoria you get when you’re immersed in something that’s so much bigger than anything you’d ever imagined before.”
For Gershon, Mozart, and especially his Requiem, hold a /
Now, with an abundant choral career, Gershon can appreciate the meaning of Mozart’s composition, which was left unfinished. He sees in the work an empathy for the living, trying to be a comfort for the survivors combined with a sense of
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February 8–March 8, 2026
Richard III
By William Shakespeare Directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos
Producing Sponsors: James and Trevessa Terille
Sponsor: Carole Fritz
Student Matinee Sponsors: The Helen & Will Webster Foundation
Student Matinee Sponsors: Jerry & Terri Kohl
Post Show Conversation Sponsor: Jane Schlegel
CAST
Richard
Ann Noble*
Lady Anne Erika Soto*
Queen Margaret Trisha Miller*
Duchess of York Veralyn Jones*
Hastings Samuel Garnett
Rivers/Murderer 1 Alex Neher
Richmond/Murderer 2 Wes Guimarães*
Queen Elizabeth Lesley Fera*
Duke of Clarence Randolph Thompson
Stanley Tony Pasqualini*
Duke of Buckingham Lynn Robert Berg*
King Edward IV
Young York
Prince Edward
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
STAGE MANAGEMENT
.Neill Fleming*
Brendan Burgos
Micah Lanfer
Vic Crusaos
Sean Umeda
Dominick Jaramillo
Stage Manager Sami Hansen*
Assistant Stage Manager Hope Matthews*
The taking of pictures or recording of any kind is strictly prohibited during the performance *
PRODUCTION
Author
Artistic Director
Artistic Director
Director
William Shakespeare
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Geoff Elliott
Guillermo Cienfuegos
Asst Director Natalie Martin
Stage Manager Sami Hansen*
Asst Stage Manager Hope Matthews*
Scenic Designer Angela Balogh Calin†
Costume Designer Christine Cover Ferro
Assistant Costume Designer Jocelyn Tamayo
Lighting Designer Ken Booth
Sound Designer Chris Moscatiello†
Sound Apprentice Athena Saxon
Projections Designer Nick Santiago†
Wig Designer & Make-up
Dialect Coach
Fight Choreographer
Dramaturg/Shakespeare Consultant
Properties Designer/Technical Coordinator
Production Manager
Interim Managing Director/General Manager
Casting Director/Artist Relations
Tony Valdès
Andrea Odinov
Jonathan Rider
Miranda Johnson-Haddad
Stephen Taylor
Juli Figueroa-Castro
Conner Criswell
Alison Rodriguez
Master Electrician Georgia Shupper
Costume Shop Manager Courtney Park
Costume Shop Assistant Erin McComb
Light Board Operator Gianmarco Cardenas
Deck Crew:
A1 Christopher Bosco
A2 Chloe Pate
UNDERSTUDIES
Richard: Mark McClain Wilson*, Queen Elizabeth/Lady Anne: Ashley Romans*, Queen Margaret: Tracey R . Silver*, The Duchess: Jan Wikstrom*, Hastings: Sam Cass*, Clarence: Christopher Watson*, Buckingham: Greg Derelian*, King Edward/Stanley: Kelcey Watson*, Murderer 1/Murderer 2: James Morris
SETTING: London and other locations in central England during the 1970’s . There will be one 15 minute intermission . † Designer is represented by
RICHARD III Acting Company
Ann Noble Richard
Samuel Garnett Hastings
Randolph Thompson Duke of Clarence
Brendan Burgos Young York
Alex Neher Rivers/Murderer 1
Tony Pasqualini Stanley
Wes Guimarães Richmond/ Murderer 2
Lynn Robert Berg Duke of Buckingham
Lesley Fera Queen Elizabeth
Trisha Miller Queen Margaret
Erika Soto Lady Anne
Veralyn Jones Duchess of York
Neill Fleming King Edward IV
Vic Crusaos Ensemble
Dominick Jaramillo Ensemble
Micah Lanfer Prince Edward
Sean Umeda Ensemble
Play Synopsis
ACT 1
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and his older brothers, George, Duke of Clarence, and King Edward IV, are members of the York family who now rule England after defeating the Lancasters . Richard schemes to become king and persuades Edward to imprison George . Richard woos Lady Anne, despite having murdered her father-in-law, King Henry VI, and her husband, Prince Edward Queen Elizabeth (King Edward’s wife), fears for herself and her children if the sickly King dies . As she and her relatives quarrel with Richard, they are surprised by the appearance of the former Queen, Margaret of Anjou
Richard hires two murderers to kill George and informs King Edward that George has been executed (the pardon having arrived “too late”) Brokenhearted, the King soon dies . Richard, now the Lord Protector, schemes with the Duke of Buckingham to seize the throne, and he imprisons his young nephews, Prince Edward and York, in the Tower Lord Hastings tells Catesby (Richard’s spy) that he will never support Richard as king Richard orders Hastings’s execution and plots with Buckingham to convince the people that Richard should become king . Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess, and Lady Anne attempt to visit the Princes in the Tower, but they are turned away They learn that Richard will be crowned King, and Lady Anne must join him for the coronation
ACT 2
King Richard hires Lady Tyrrel to murder the young princes . He learns that many of his supporters have deserted him for Henry, Earl of Richmond (House Lancaster) Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess mourn the princes’ deaths . King Richard demands that Queen Elizabeth allow him to marry her daughter, Elizabeth (Lady Anne having died) Henry Richmond prepares to invade England .
In their separate camps near Bosworth Field, Richmond and King Richard prepare for battle . That night, the ghosts of those whom Richard has killed appear to him, cursing him and blessing Richmond . Richard is slain in battle and his army is defeated . Henry is crowned King Henry VII, the first Tudor king He marries Princess Elizabeth, which ends the Wars of the Roses .
—Miranda
Johnson-Haddad
Ann Noble by Daniel Reichert
Ann Noble (Richard) With ANW: Sabina, The Skin of Our Teeth Other Theatres: Antaeus (member), Echo (member), Rogue Machine (member), South Coast Rep, Moving Arts (member), The Victory, Son of Semele, LA’s LGBT Center, The Road, Vs , Theatre Ghosts, EST of Santa Barbara, ICT of Long Beach, Malibu Playhouse, Sierra Madre Playhouse, LA’s Museum of the Holocaust, Museum of Tolerance, Edinburgh Fringe, Sydney Fringe, Hollywood Fringe, Capitol Fringe, The Odyssey, Ghost, Road, Boston Court Pasadena Film/TV: We Have To Stop Now, Nurses Who Kill…, Paranormal Burbank, We’re Not Dead Yet, What Women Want, Failed State, Nora & Arnie, Night Sky Education/Training: Northwestern University (B S in Theatre), Center Theatre Ensemble, Antaeus, Goodman Theatre
Erika Soto (Lady Anne) With ANW: (Resident Artist) Misalliance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Metamorphoses, All’s Well That Ends Well, Sonnets for an Old Century, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Noises Off, The Glass Menagerie, Henry V, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, King Lear, Arcadia,You Never Can Tell. Other Theatres: Baltimore Center Stage & Boston Court Pasadena: Everything That Never Happened. Independent Shakespeare Co . include: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, She Stoops to Conquer, The Winter’s Tale, Red Barn, Strange Eventful History . TV: Tires, Eric (Netflix), Vida (STARZ), Side Hustle (Nickelodeon), Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion (Disney) Education: B A in Theatre, USC School of Dramatic Arts British American Drama Academy, London, UK
Trisha Miller (Queen Margaret) With ANW: (Resident Artist) Dolly, One Man, Two Guvnors; Mrs Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth; Lina Szczepanowska, Misalliance; Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Elizabeth/Emilia, The Book of Will; Squealer, Animal Farm (LA Drama Critics Circle Award); Alcyone, Metamorphoses; Hermione, The Winter’s Tale; Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol; Athena, Argonautika; Goneril, King Lear . Other Theatres: Artistic Associate of Trinity Shakespeare Festival (6 seasons-Dallas/Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Award); Associate Artist of Kentucky Repertory Theatre (4 seasons); Nebraska
Rep; Northern Stage; Artists Repertory Theatre; Southwest Shakespeare Company; Las Vegas Shakespeare; and many others . Film/ TV: Little Rituals, Masters of Doom, Witch-Hunt . Videogames: BioShock, Gears of War, Battlefield, and Tales from the Borderlands franchises . Education/ Training: MFA Acting, Wayne State University’s Hilberry Rep . Other: @ heyitstrishamiller
Veralyn Jones (Duchess of York) With ANW (Resident Artist): Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, King Hedley ll, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean, Argonautika, Sonnets for a New Century, The Madwoman of Chaillot Other Theatres: A Raisin In the Sun, A Christmas Carol, My Wandering Boy, Ben and the Magic Paintbrush (South Coast Rep); Immediate Family (Mark Taper Forum); A Selfish Sacrifice (Denver Center); Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Wedding Band (Antaeus); A Perfect Wedding (Kirk Douglas Theatre); The Old Settler (International City Theatre); The Father (La Scala Theater, Stockholm, Sweden); Three Sisters After Chekhov (Lower Depth Theatre); The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard the III, Measure for Measure (Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company); Othello (Boston Court) . TV/ Film: The Equalizer (recurring),The Lady In the Lake (recurring),The Girls On the Bus, S.W.A.T, The Unit, Southland, Brooklyn South, Threat Matrix, City of Angels (recurring), Seinfeld (recurring) Awards: two-time, LA WeeklyTheatre award, StageScene and Stage Raw awards Co-Founder and Associate Producer at Lower Depth Theatre and a company member at Antaeus Theatre Company and the Actors Studio Love always to G & K!!!
Samuel Garnett (Hastings) With ANW: Misalliance (u/s) Other Theatres: Heroes of The Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine Theatre Education: BFA, Acting, CalArts
Alexander Neher (Rivers/Murderer 1) Other Theatres: Tambo and Bones (CTG), Beautiful People (Rogue Machine Theatre), John Proctor is the Villain (OPC workshop), and Shiner (NOLA Project) Film/TV: FBI: Most Wanted, For All Mankind, The Sex Lives of College Girls, The Birch, Bosch, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Grown-ish, and many more Education/Training: Emerson College
Wesley Guimarães (Henry VI, Murder 2, Richmond) Other Theatres: Rogue Machine Theatre (member), The Fountain Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse, Lanes Coven Theatre Co , The Huntington Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The American Conservatory Theater Film/TV: The Double Down, You’re sick, A Pocket Magic Flute, As You Like It, Dutchman Education/Training: American Conservatory Theater (MFA), London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK), Amherst College (B A in Theatre & Dance), UWC Adriatic (Italy) .
Lesley Fera (Queen Elizabeth): Richard III marks Fera’s fourth collaboration with Guillermo Cienfuegos, which includes The Homecoming (Pacific Resident Theatremember), Between Riverside and Crazy (Fountain Theatre), and Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (Rogue Machine Theatremember) Other Theatres: Our Town (The Broad, directed by David Cromer), Communicating Doors (San Jose Rep), Baby Taj (TheatreWorks), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (PRT) Regional: Two Dollar Bill (Pioneer Theatre Company), Misalliance (PA Centre Stage), Noises Off (Asolo Rep), The Children’s Hour (Provincetown Rep, directed by Jose Quintero) Film/TV: The Lovers, Atlas; seven years on Pretty Little Liars; recurring roles: Southland, 24, and C.S.I.: Miami. Education/Training: CSU, Fullerton (B A /Theatre Arts), FSU/ Asolo Conservatory (M F A /Theatre)
Randolph Thompson (Duke of Clarence) With ANW: Malcolm, Macbeth; Conrade/Friar Francis, Much Ado About Nothing Other Theatres: Measure Still for Measure, Boston Court; Pericles (New Swan Shakespeare Festival), Ready, Steady, Yeti...Go (Rogue Machine), Trevor (Circle X), 1984 (Greenway Court), Secret in the Wings (Coeurage), The Hamlet Project (Loose Canon), Henry V (Pacific Resident Theatre), Dancing vs. The Rat Experiment (LaMama), Roberto Zucco (Ohio Theater), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Baryshnikov Arts Center), Twelfth Night (The Wild Project), The Winter’s Tale (San Antonio Shakespeare), Schriebstück (U S & Canadian Premieres) . Film/TV: Television appearances include: Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster (Netflix), Criminal Minds (CBS), Rosewood (Fox), Serious Music (ABC), as well as several national commercial campaigns
Tony Pasqualini (Stanley) With ANW: Leonato, Much Ado About Nothing Other Theatres: A veteran of fifty years in theatre, Tony is a playwright and actor He has appeared at South Coast Repertory as Jim Bayliss in All My Sons and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing; the Fountain Theatre as Donald Rumsfeld in What I Heard About Iraq; Ensemble Studio Theatre as Harold in Watching OJ; Freehold Theatre as Lear in King Lear; the Hollywood Bowl as Van Swieten in Amadeus; Rogue Machine as Tim in A Great Wilderness; The Matrix Theatre as Mike in Lines in the Dust; and Pacific Resident Theatre as Sandy in Fostered and Andrew in Loyalties (a play he also wrote) TV/Film: Guest starring roles on Grace and Frankie, Mad Men, Modern Family, West Wing, The Office, and Frasier .
Lynn Robert Berg (Duke of Buckingham) With ANW: Harry Dangle, One Man, Two Guvnors. Other Theatres: Orgon, Tartuffe: Born Again, Captain Hook/Mr Darling, Wendy’s Peter Pan, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum; Jaques, As You Like It, eight seasons as Scrooge A Christmas Carol, Brutus, Julius Caesar, the title roles of Macbeth and Richard III, Charlie Cowell, The Music Man, Malvolio, Twelfth Night, at Great Lakes Theater; Bill Austin, Mamma Mia, Don Armado, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Watson, Hound of the Baskervilles at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; John Dashwood and Sir John Middleton, Sense and Sensibility, Hucklebee, The Fantasticks, Polixenes, The Winter’s Tale at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Short Shakespeare, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater . Education/ Training: MFA from University of Delaware Professional Theater Training Program .
Neill Fleming (King Edward IV) With ANW: Father Kenny/Carson, A Man of No Importance . Other Theatres: Macbeth, Macbeth, Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, Gloucester, King Lear, King Claudius, Hamlet at The Mill Theatre; Egeus/Quince/Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dublin Castle; Orsino, Much Ado about Nothing, Cinna/1st pleb/Lucilius, Julius Caesar, The Project; Spooner, Shard at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre Dublin; Vladimir, Waiting for Godot at Sota Singapore; Kilby, Made in China at The Viking; RJ, Risk Everything, Old Man, Purgatory, Andy, Lovers, Superintendent, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Oscar Wilde, Stoker at The New Theatre Film/TV:
Horseshoe; Kin; Into the Badlands; Game of Thrones; Vikings
Brendan Burgos (Young York) With ANW: Cratchit Child/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Summer with Shakespeare: As You Like It, Antony & Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth Brendan currently attends Blair Middle School in Pasadena
Micah Lanfer (Prince Edward) With ANW: Peter Cratchit/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol. Orlando, As You Like It (Summer with Shakespeare) Other Theatres: Earthworm, James and the Giant Peach at Pasadena Playhouse (JTF); numerous roles with the Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts, including: Kristoff in Frozen; Beast, Beauty and the Beast; Cinderella’s Prince, Into the Woods; Wiesel and Spot Conlon, Newsies Micah is in 8th grade at the Mayfield Junior School in Pasadena
Sean Keoni Umeda (Ensemble) ELAC/ANW
Acting Fellow . Other Theatres: Mr . Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical (ELAC, KCACTF Irene Ryan Nominee), Captain in Twelfth Night or What You Will (ELAC), Coach in Colossal (ELAC) Sean is very excited to be a part of ANW’s production of Richard III, as this is his first time working with A Noise Within He would like to thank his family, friends, and teachers who have helped him pursue his career and passion for Theatre Education/Training: AA in Theater at East Los Angeles College
Vic Crusaos (Ensemble) With ANW: Ensemble, One Man, Two Guvnors Other Theatres: Vic Crusaos recently appeared in Just Like Us (Los Angeles Theatre Center; Latino Theater Company) . East Los Angeles College Theatre Department credits include Heroes and Saints, Twelfth Night, among others Education/Training: East Los Angeles College, Loyola Marymount University . Vic thanks her family for their unconditional love and encouragement, and everyone who has helped her along the way
Dominick Jaramillo (Ensemble) With ANW: Debut . ELAC Acting Fellow . Short Films: Night Hunt, Heavy Metal: Isekai, Gun Metal Black Education: East Los Angeles College
Guillermo Cienfuegos: Director With ANW: Director, Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing. Other Theatres: Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, Heroes of the Fourth
Turning, Adolescent Salvation, The Beautiful People, Disposable Necessities, Dutch Masters, Rogue Machine Theatre (where he serves as Artistic Director); Ironbound, Ojai Theatre Festival; Middle of the World, Boise Contemporary Theatre and Rogue Machine; 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: (As an Actor) Over 180 credits, including most recently Doc, Tracker, Mayans MC, Seal Team, Good Trouble, American Gigolo and Bosch . Special Thanks to Norman Scott
Sami Hansen (Stage Manager) With ANW: Stage Manager, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Sweeney Todd . Other Theatres: Ohio Light Opera: The Arcadians, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Orpheus in the Underworld, How to Succeed..., Camelot CalArts: Othello, Seven Deadly Sins, Island of Servants, El Mysterio, The Water Station Other stage management credits include various dance concerts with CalArts’ School of Dance and the spring 2024 senior showcase with USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, as well as various CalArts live events Education/ Training: MFA in Stage Management, California Institute of the Arts; BFA in Theater Directing, Belmont University
Hope Matthews (Assistant Stage Manager) With ANW: Assistant Stage Manager, One Man, Two Guvnors; A Christmas Carol (2025), Macbeth, A Christmas Carol (2023), Misalliance, The Skin of Our Teeth . Production Intern for 23-24 season Other Theatres: It’s All Your Fault, Tyler Price!, The Hudson; 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/Training: BA Theatre, CSUN .
Natalie Martin (Assistant Director) With ANW: Debut Education/ Training: BA in Television, Film, & Media, California State University, Los Angeles AA in Theater Arts, Pasadena City College Other Theatres: Other Assistant Director credits include Oh
the Humanity, La Bête, and All in Ives Timing at Center for the Arts Theater, Pasadena, CA TV/Film: Watching Walter, Baby Blues-Going Dark, Meet Me at the Barre.
Angela Balogh Calin (Scenic Designer)
With ANW: (Resident Artist) Scenic Design, Misalliance Scenic & Costume Design: A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, The Book of Will, Animal Farm, All’s Well That Ends Well. Set Design for numerous productions, including: The Madwoman of Chaillot, Romeo and Juliet, The Dance of Death, The School For Wives, The Seagull, The Winter’s Tale, and Cyrano de Bergerac (1995) . Costume Designer for many productions, including: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, Gem of the Ocean, A Christmas Carol, The Maids, The Threepenny Opera, Pericles, The Chairs, and Great Expectations Other Theatres: The Hollywood Bowl, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Co ., Antaeus Theatre, and The Cleveland Playhouse, among many others . Film/TV: Productions with I .R .S . Media, PBS, Full Moon Productions, and Romanian Films Recipient of LADCC, Ovation, Garland, Drama-Logue awards Education/ Training: MFA, Set and Costume Design, The Academy of Fine Arts (Bucharest, Romania) Member of the Costume Designers Guild in the USA and Romania
Christine Cover Ferro (Costume Design) With ANW: Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing (LADCC, LA Stage Bites Awards nominee) Other Theatres: Monsters of the American Cinema, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Disposable Necessities, Ready Steady Yeti Go, Dutch Masters, Rogue Machine; Rhinoceros (Stage Raw Awards nominee), Eccentricities of a Nightingale, My Girlfriend Is an Alien, The Homecoming, Pacific Resident Theatre; Between Riverside and Crazy (Ovation 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 (Lighting Designer) With ANW: (Resident Artist) Since 1998, Ken has worked on at least 80 productions at A Noise Within Included in these are: One Man, Two
Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, The Skin of Our Teeth, Misalliance, Sweeney Todd, 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, Julius Caesar, 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 holiday annual A Christmas Carol Education/Training: He graduated from UCLA in 1982 .
Chris Moscatiello (Sound Design) With ANW: Sound Designer, Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing. Other Theatres: 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 Theatre highlights include The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution, The Shakespeare Theatre Company D C , Signature Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Antaeus, Skylight Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, Odyssey Theater, The Road Theatre, and Pacific Resident Theater He served as Assistant Conductor for the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera
Nick Santiago (Projections Designer) With ANW: Projection Design, A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, Macbeth, The Skin of Our Teeth; Video Designer, Animal Farm, The Book of Will. Other Theatres: Nicholas has worked for numerous universities and theatre companies around Los Angeles, including the Pasadena Playhouse, Rogue Machine, the Chance Theatre, the Road Theatre, and the Fountain Theatre He has received numerous award nominations, including an Ovation nomination and a LA Drama Critic’s Circle award for his work on Rogue Machine’s A Permanent image, and an ovation win for his work on The Fountain Theatre’s production of The Cost of Living
Tony Valdés (Wig/Makeup Designer) With ANW: Wigs & Make-up Design: A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of
No Importance, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses Graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, where he earned a B F A in Theater Tony worked for fifteen years in PR as a hair and makeup artist on professional theatrical productions and television Since he moved to Los Angeles in 1999, 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, and he collaborates with other theatres’ productions
Jonathan Rider (Fight Director) With ANW: Debut . Other Theatres: Rogue Machine Theatre, The Beautiful People; The Fountain Theatre, Between Riverside and Crazy; Pacific Resident Theater, Henry V; over 20 shows for American Conservatory Theatre, 12 shows for Theatreworks, City Lights Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and more Opera: LA Opera, Tristan und Isolde; Santa Fe Opera, Tosca, Wozzeck, Maometto II; Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Antony and Cleopatra, and 100 operas at San Francisco Opera; Teatro Massimo, Italy, Fanciulla Del West; and Gran Teatro Del Liceu, Spain, Tristan und Isolde Education/Training: Santa Clara University (B A )
Andrea Odinov (Dialect Coach) With ANW: Dialect Coach: A Christmas Carol, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, The Piano Lesson, Misalliance, King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Radio Golf, The Book of Will, Gem of the Ocean, Animal Farm, Seven Guitars Other Theatres: The Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, Ghost Road Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre Company, The Road Theatre Company, Lower Depth 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 Lead Trainer of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and member of VASTA, SAG-AFTRA, and AEA Education/ Training: MFA, University of CA at Irvine
Stephen Taylor (Properties Designer/ Technical Coordinator) With ANW: A Christmas Carol, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, One Man, Two Guvnors, Much Ado About Nothing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Book of Will, The Bluest Eye, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, King Hedley II, Misalliance, The Skin Of Our Teeth, The Piano Lesson, Macbeth, Jane Eyre. Other Theatres: 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 Neo Futurarium Education/Training: BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University . Love to Lauren and Oliver
Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad (Resident Dramaturg and Shakespeare Consultant) With ANW: Dramaturg: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, The Piano Lesson, The Skin of Our Teeth, Misalliance, King Hedley II, Sweeney Todd, 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 2011 Other Theatres: Dramaturg: Amadeus, 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/Training: Ph .D . Renaissance Studies, Yale University; B A Comparative Literature, Princeton University . Gratitude always to M, W, E&C, L . mirandadramaqueen com
Conner Criswell (General Manager/Interim Managing Director) Conner Criswell holds an M A in Art and Culture Management from the University of Denver and a B .A . in Theater Arts from the University of Oregon He served as General Manager of A Noise Within beginning in 2023 before stepping into the role of Interim Managing Director Prior to joining A Noise Within, he worked as Executive Associate and Rental Manager at Orlando Shakespeare Theater His professional background includes producing and managing live events, as well as sales and
fundraising He also brings extensive guest service experience from several roles at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida
Geoff Elliott (Producing Artistic Director) With ANW: Old Major and Boxer, Animal Farm; Director, Jane Eyre; Director/ Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Director/John Heminges, The Book of Will Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, All My Sons, Endgame, Eurydice, The Playboy of the Western World, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew . Actor: Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd; The Poet, An Iliad; Dodge, Buried Child; Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha; Midas and others, Metamorphoses; King Lear, King Lear . Other Theatres: South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, California Repertory . Education/ Training: MFA, American Conservatory Theatre . Mr . Elliott is a recipient of multiple LADCC, BackStage, Garland, Robby, DramaLogue, and LA Weekly awards, as well as the “Margaret Hartford Award for Distinguished Achievement” for ANW
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott (Producing Artistic Director) With ANW: Under her leadership, ANW has produced more than 175 works, and she has directed over 50 productions, including One Man, Two Guvnors, A Man of No Importance, Animal Farm, Sweeney Todd, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, An Iliad, Metamorphoses, Argonautika, A Christmas Carol, Man of La Mancha, Noises Off, Henry V, A Tale of Two Cities, King Lear, The Imaginary Invalid, Six Characters in Search of an Author, A Flea in Her Ear, Julius Caesar, The Threepenny Opera, The Tempest, The Dance of Death, Come Back, Little Sheba, Tartuffe, Pericles, Prince of Tyre . Education/ Training: MFA, American Conservatory Theatre . In 2012, Ms . Rodriguez-Elliott (along with her husband, Geoff) received ACT’s inaugural “Contributions to the Field” Award Ms Rodriguez-Elliott is the winner of multiple LADCC Awards including the “Milton Katselas Award for Career and Special Achievement in Direction .”
MEDIA SPONSOR
ABOUT A NOISE WITHIN
ANW THEATRE
A Noise Within has been called “an oasis for those who love classic stories” by the Los Angeles Times and is a leading regional producer based in Pasadena, California . Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, the award-winning resident theater company is honored to represent the entire community at its state-of-the-art, 324seat performance space . In addition to producing world class performances of classic theater, the organization runs robust education programs with the goal of inspiring diverse audiences of all ages
COURTESY
As a courtesy for artists and audience members, all cell phones and electronic devices must be silenced during the performances Late seating is at the House Manager’s discretion A Noise Within may refuse service to anyone
ACCESSIBILITY
All areas of A Noise Within are accessible by wheelchair Assisted Listening Devices are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis Select performances provide GalaPro closed caption service Relaxed Performances are provided for members of our neurodiverse community for A Christmas Carol .
LOBBY BAR
A variety of refreshments are available from our Lobby Bar and may be taken into the theatre . No outside food or drink is permitted in the building .
CONTACT PATRON SERVICES
Email: boxoffice@anoisewithin org
Phone: 626 356 3121
Box Office Hours: Tue-Sat 2-6 pm and 2 hours before performances begin anoisewithintheatre @anoisewithin
INVITATION TO COMMUNITY
ANW extends an invitation to join our community with a set of principles that emphasize respect, empathy, clear communication, deep listening, openness to learning, and the recognition of multiple truths and experiences . By adhering to these principles, individuals contribute to the creation of a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and understood .
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Photo by Abe Portillo.
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 January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 * Producer Pass subscribers generously made a donation equal to the cost of their season subscription to support the full cost of theatre operations
Richard & Sally Roberts
Susan Stevens
Bill & Priscilla Kennedy*
Jerry & Terri Kohl
Alan M & Sheila R Lamson*
Bill & Claire Bogaard
Tieu-My Nguyen & Chris Burt
Kathy & Jim Drummy
SEASON SPONSOR ($50,000+)
James & Trevessa Terrile
Joyce White*
PRODUCING SPONSOR ($30,000 TO $49,999)
Terri Murray*
Robert Ronus
SPONSOR ($15,000 TO $29,999)
Jeanie & Terry Kay
Jay Lesiger & Tom Klebba
Joseph & Denise Lumarda
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Carole Fritz
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Mr James King
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Anne Marston & Jan Paul Favero
Lee & Deborah Walcott
DIRECTOR CIRCLE ($5,000 TO $14,999)
Lisa & Scott Nelson
J Greg & Terry Ness
Cynthia J Nunes & Barbara Nye*
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Nancy & Keith Price*
Gail Samuel & William Christian
Erika Schimik & Lorenzo Maggiore
Jane W Schlegel
Lyn Spector
Ellen & Charlie Steinmetz
Marlene Konnar & John Baldeschwieler
PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE
Elizabeth & Rhodes Trussell
($2,500 TO $4,999)
Steven & Judy Bass
Margaret Bates & Scott Johnson
Meg Huntington Cajero & Channa & Paul Cajero*
Pat Green & Vic Cole
William & Mary Coman
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Please email: development@anoisewithin.org if your name is omitted or incorrect. We apologize for any errors.
BARD’S LEGACY CIRCLE
Remembering A Noise Within in your estate plan is your ticket to a very special group of friends of our theatre We gratefully acknowledge our Bard’s Legacy Circle Members
Helen & John Baatz
Steven & Judy Bass
Meg Huntington Cajero
Bronwyn Dawson & Kenneth Yapkowitz
Barbara Durham
Barbara Goen
Vernon & Sylvia Jones
Jeanie & Terry Kay
INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
Alan M . & Sheila R . Lamson
Richard & Sally Roberts
Laurie & Robert Silton
Steve Smith & Michelle Guy
Lyn Spector
William Strickland
Eliazar Talamantez
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
National Endowment for the Arts
The Ralph M Parsons Foundation
Perenchio Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
SNAP Foundation
Helen & Will Webster Foundation
Producing Sponsor
The Ann Peppers Foundation
The Capital Group Charitable Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
The Green Foundation
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors & Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
Michael J Connell Foundation
This project is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture
Sponsor
Amazon
BCM Foundation
Edward A & Ai O Shay Foundation
The Kenneth T & Eileen L Norris Foundation
Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community
Pasadena Community Foundation
Sally and Dick Roberts Coyote Foundation
Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest
Steinmetz Foundation
Director Circle
City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Kathryn Barger
Mara W Breech Foundation
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
Z . Clark Branson Foundation
The Youssef and Kamel Mawardi Fund
Playwright Circle
The Caplin Foundation
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Pasadena Lion’s Club Memorial Trust
ARTISTIC STAFF
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott & Geoff Elliott, Producing Artistic Directors
MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
Conner Criswell, General Manager / Interim Managing Director
DEVELOPMENT
Jim Miller, Director of Development
EDUCATION
Lea Madda, Director of Education
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Tina Tangalakis, Director of Marketing & Communications
Chris Magallanes, Noah Muronaka, Rebecca Rodighiero, Nadia Santamaria, Head Ushers
Alex Morris
Cassandra Marie Murphy
Frederica Nascimento
Robert Oriol
Carolyn Ratteray
Alison Rodriguez
Riley Shanahan
Randi Tahara
Shivani Thakkar
Joyce White
Leilani Jones Wilmore
Emeritus
Bill Bogaard
Terry Kay
Dick Roberts
James Terrile
Erika Soto
Angela Sonner
Deborah Strang
Tony Valdès
In Memoriam
John Lawrence
Charles Redmond
Elizabeth Redmond
Margaret Sedenquist
Photo: Geoff Elliott by Daniel Reichert
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The ZEN Table
Kinto products featuring minimalist Japanese aesthetics, thoughtful design and sustainability are showcased in the Arts District. by ROGER GRODY
ESTABLISHED IN 1972 as an importer of European ceramics to Japan, Kinto has evolved into a manufacturer of its own handcrafted, sustainable products. The company’s showroom in Los Angeles’ Arts District was its first in the U.S. and Kinto continues to expand its global footprint. DESIGN
Kinto showroom at Row DTLA
“We’re guided by the belief that everyday objects should enrich life through thoughtful usability and timeless aesthetics,” says Denis Dumas-Meseguer, executive vice president/chief strategy officer at Kinto USA. “Our presence in L.A. reflects that spirit, creating products that encourage people to slow down, savor daily rituals and find moments of calm in the everyday.”
The store is located at trendforward Row DTLA, where it joins home-furnishing retailers A+R, Joybird and Reform, independent fashion designers, and eateries including Pizzeria Bianco and Michelin-starred Kato.
Kinto tableware products are displayed on minimalist furniture under flattering contemporary lighting. The zen space accommodates interactive demonstrations of products such as its sleek walnut-and-brass slow coffee brewer.
“We want people to experience the textures, atmosphere and sense of calm that define our brand,” Dumas-Meseguer says.
“Our ethos—finding inspiration in small moments and embracing a slower, more mindful pace— resonates with the culture of Los Angeles. Its residents have adopted Kinto as part of their daily rituals,
appreciating products that feel natural and easy to live with.”
Kinto designers encourage consumers to develop enduring relationships with the objects they use every day, a philosophy that aligns with the company’s environmental consciousness.
When conceiving a product, the designers consider every aspect of its creation, from material selection and production techniques to longevity and sustainability.
Kinto’s Fog collection of porcelain tableware features matte grayish tones reminiscent of a misty coastal morning; its casual but sophisticated style blends Japanese aesthetics with California sensibilities.
The translucent white plates of the Rim collection exhibit an elegant hint of blue, a feature of porcelain crafted in Hasami, Japan. Using clay containing iron powders—elements typically considered impurities— the collection’s earthy gray plates present nuanced expressions.
“The Futo collection, designed and developed by Kinto’s Asako Sakata,
Pieces from Kinto’s Rim collection and, below, Fog collection.
THE PLAY THAT INSPIRED THE BELOVED
DESIGN
was created to explore fabric as a new medium for enhancing everyday comfort,” notes DumasMeseguer, addressing the company’s recent innovations in textiles. The collection’s handbags, caps, aprons, and shirts reflect a beauty whose character is enhanced over time.
An everyday cotton shirt—designed to feel exceptionally comfortable while maintaining its shape—is the product of a loopwheel-knitted fabric from Wakayama, Japan. Because the fabric has such instrinsic character, Kinto keeps designs simple, allowing the product’s natural qualities to shine.
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terror about facing death.
“It’s such a visionary work,” he says. “I think it’s that sense of, even though he was only 35 years old, truly like he was standing with one foot on either side of the veil.”
The piece stands out as the work of someone in their 30s who was not ready to go, he says.
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“That struggle in the music, and at the same time that sense of bliss and of understanding, to me is the crux of the Requiem. It’s why it’s just so mysterious and so overwhelmingly powerful and personal.”
Mozart finished The Magic Flute just months before he died. As his final opera, and with Kosky’s beloved production, The Magic Flute is a fitting coda to Conlon’s tenure as L.A. Opera’s music director.
He chose it and Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff, for this last season before he becomes the company’s conductor laureate.
“These will be my last two productions. I wanted to include those two composers who have been my constant companions in my life,” Conlon says in a video interview for L.A. Opera about the season.
Mozart, as well as Verdi and Wagner, will be featured in a gala concert on April 24 celebrating Conlon’s two decades with L.A. Opera.
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The decision to conduct Mozart and Verdi in the end was, he says, “a very personal statement about my own preferences. Well, they’re not preferences because I love so many other things too. But they’re so fundamental.”
Conlon has conducted Mozart operas at least 200 times for different companies.
The Magic Flute is the first opera he performed in, at age 15, when he was one third of a dragon. It’s also the first opera Conlon conducted at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1976, and he conducted Kenneth Branagh’s 2005 film adaptation.
“It’s been with me all my life. There’s no number of performances that I can imagine doing that would be too many. I can go back to it over and over and over again.”
As Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute has been called a last will and testament, Conlon said, although the composer didn’t know he would be dying in a few months.
Unlike Verdi, who lived a long and full compositional life, Mozart left a great body of work, yet only a slice of his genius.
“We would’ve been grateful to have even two more years of Mozart’s music or five more years,” Conlon said. “His premature death at 35 years old is a tragedy for humanity.”
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